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— OF THE — 

RE-UNION AT APPLE'S CHURCH, 

SEPTEMBER 14, 1395. 

MORNING. 

Invocation. Hymn, Reformed, No. 7. 

Scripture :— i Corinthians, Second Chapter. 

Prater. Hymn, No. 175. 

History of Apple's Church By Hon. Jeremiah S. Mess. 

Hymn, No. 291. 

The Lutheran Pastors Bij llev. W. W. Kistler. 

Hymn, No. 217. 

History of the Sunday School . . Bij Peter M. Landis. 

English Hymn, No. 214. 

Keminiscences By Rev. S. M. K. Haber. 

At this point a fine dinner was served in the basement of the 
church bj' some of the ladies. 

AFTERNOON. 

Hymn, No. 207. Scripture and Prayer. 

Hymn, No. 25. 

Eev. John Philip Boehm By Rev. Wilsoji F. More. 

English Hymn, No. 177. 

The Boehm Family \ A. B. Fehr, Substitute. 

( Rev. S. M. K. Huber. 

Reminiscences By-( Rev. J. S. Renuinger. 

( Rev. C. E. SaiuU. 

Hymn, No. 22, and close. 



CONTENTS 



PART I 

Page. 

History of the JJew Jerusalem Church g 

Thb Reformed Pastors i8 

Rev. Samuel Hess 20 

Rev. S. M. K. Huber ^ 25 

Rev. Amandus F. Ziegler 27 

Rev. Henry J. Welker », 30 

Rev. J. M. Hartzell 31 

Rev. Jacob G. Dubbs 32 

Rev. Alfred P. Horn 3j 

The I<utheran Pastors 35 

Rev. Henry S. Miller 36 

Rev. Benjamin German 38 

Rev. William German 40 

Rev. Jacob Vogelbach 41 

Rev. William Rath _ 43 

Rev. Elias A. Yehl 47 

Rev. J. S. Renninger 48 

Rev. W. W. Kistler 49 

History of the Sunday School , 50 

Reminiscences :— 

Remarks by Rev. S. M. K. Huber 54 

" Rev. J, S. Renninger 55 

" Rev. C. E, Sandt 57 

LIST of Members :— 

Reformed Congregation 58 

I,utheran Congregation 61 



PART II 

Rev. John Philip Boehm.., 71 

The Boehm Family gj 

The Boehm Homestead 91 

Philip Boehm (III) 97 

The Boehm Descendents loo 

The Jacob Ochs Family „ 133 



HISTORY 



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APPLE'S CHURCH 



PREFACE. 



The reasons for celebrating the re-union of "Appi^E'S Church" 
in connection with a re-union of the " Bokhm Family," are given 
under the article of "The Boehm Homestead," and are eloquently 
referred to by the Rev. J. S. Renninger in his remarks found within. 

Soon after the re-union had been held, an offer to print the proceed- 
ings was received. Inquiries also came pouring in for material pro- 
duced at the re-union, and the material that had been hastily gathered 
was subsequently considerably increased. 

After several years of unavoidable delay, the work of printing is 
now about to proceed. The manuscript now several years old is, where 
practicable, brought down to date. 

The list of members is intended to include those who were mem- 
bers at the time of the re-union. 

Father David Boehm, is with us no longer. He fell asleep in peace, 
November 3, 1899, aged eighty-seven years and eighteen days. We also 
mourn the departure of Rev. William Landis, Henry J. V. Ehrhart, 
Benjamin S. Eisenhart and Peter M. Landis, all closely identified with 
these proceedings. 

The brethren taking part in the program, or furnishing articles for 
these pages, have our hearty thanks. 

Special mention should be made of James B. More, Esq., and Mr. 
A. B. Felir, for the vast amount of labor performed by them in working 
up the history and genealogy of the "Boehm Family." 

The last three articles, viz :— " The Boehm Family," "The Boehm 
Homestead," and the " Descendents of John Philip Boehm," were pre- 
pared in part at different times as material accumulated ; the first title 
alone appearing at the re-union. The facts were gathered mainly by 
James B. More, Esq., and the publisher, Harvey D. Laubach, who is 
responsible for the "Jacob Ochs Family." The first two articles were 
prepared by the compiler, and the genealogy of the " Boehm Family " 
by Mr. A. B, Fehr, who also assisted in transcribing all three articles. 

ALFRED P. HORN. 

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THE KEFORMED PASTORS 25 

REV. S. M. K. HUBER 

The n'ext pastor, or rather supply-pastor, was Rev. S. 
M. K. Huber. He preached his first sermon June 12, 
1864, and his farewell sermon August 30, 1868, a period 
of about four years, Rev. A. F. Ziegler, his sucessor, 
meanwhil'e supplying the pulpit from the first of January 
of the same year. 

Rev, Huber having at our request, kindly sent us a 
brief sketch of his life and labors, we take the liberty 
of gi'V'ing it mostly in his own words. 

He was born October 25, 1838, in Douglass Township, 
Montgomery Co., Pa. His parents were Jonas Huber 
and his wife Maria, (Kurtz,) and he was baptized in in- 
fancy by the Rev. Andrew Hoffman. H'e goes on to 
say: — 

"It was my blessed privilege to be reared in a Christ- 
ian family, who, among other things, were strict in keep- 
ing the Sabbath day. The influences of a pious mother 
made themselves felt in early life, but I was not awakened 
to a consciousness of being called to the work of the 
ministry, until after I attended Sunday .'^chool and cate- 
chetical instruction under Rev. A. L. Dechant, by whom 
I was confirmed, and whom I gratefully acknowledge 
as my spiritual father. My confirmation took place at 
Sassaman's Church, Montgomery County, Pa., Decem- 
ber 3, 1854. 

"After having received a thorough academic and clas- 
sical training at Mt. Pleasant Seminary, Boyertown, Pa., 
and at Dickinson Seminary, Williamsport, Pa., and hav- 
ing taught school a number of years and my convictions 
on the subject and sense of duty to 'enter the ministry 
still growing, I entered the Theological Seminary at 
Mercersburg, Pa., in the fall of 1862, Drs. Schafif and 
Wolf, and Rev. W. M. Reily being the professors at that 



26 NEW JERUSALEM CHURCH 

time. My going to th'e Seminary was strongly opposed 
by friends and relatives on account of failing health. 
Would remark here that my health continued poor until 
about three years after I left the Seminary — after that 
I enjoyed good health for many years. 

"Having completed my course I was licensed by Gosh- 
enhoppen Classis, at Riegelsville, Pa., February 3, 1864. 

"Apple's Church being vacant and also Schwenksvill'e, 
Montgomery County, I was invited to preach trial ser- 
mons and was elected at both places and ordained at 
Schwenksville, September 17, 1864. 

"My labors at Apple's Church cost me much hardship 
and toil, b'eing obliged to travel thirty-five miles every 
four weeks for four years, and every two weeks, during 
catechetical instruction. Yet these four years were years 
of pleasure, becaus'e of the manifest evidence that souls 
were being saved through my humble ministration. But 
for the great distances I had to travel I might have been 
wilHng to serve the congregation longer than I did. 

"I shall always gratefully remember the uniform kind- 
ness and consideration shown me as their young pastor 
in the days of long ago, by the good people of Apple's 
Church, 

"Up to the present writing I have been in the ministry 
for thirty-seven years, thirty-five of which have been 
spent in my present charg'e, viz : Wentz's charge of Wor- 
cester, Montgomery County, Pa." 

R'ev. Huber was married to Miss Amanda E. Fritz, 
November 5, 1864, whom we were glad to meet with her 
husband, at Apple's on the day of the re-union. A 
daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Huber is married to Rev. J. R. 
B'ergey, pastor of the Reformed Church at Doylestown, 
Pa. 



THE BEFOBMED PASTOBS 27 



REV. AMANDUS F. ZIEGLER 

Rev. Amandus F. Ziegler entered upon his labors Janu- 
ary I, 1868, and closed the same in July, 1882, a period of 
fourteen and one-half years. 

He was the son of Solomon Ziegl'er and his wife Maria, 
(Fenstermacher.) He was born August 31, 1835, in Up- 
per Macungie, Lehigh County, Pa., baptized September 20 
^^35> by Rev. John Helfrich, pastor of "Ziegel" Church. 
He lost his father in November, 1848, when he was but 
thirteen years of age. 

He was confirmed October 18, 1851, at Zieg'el Church 
by Rev. William A. Helfrich. 

He prepared for college, partly at Allentown, under 
Rev. John S. Kessler, D. D., and a short time in the pre- 
paratory department of Franklin and Marshall College, 
Lancaster, Pa., entering Franklin and Marshall College in 
1858 and graduating therefrom in 1862, a class-mate of 
Hon. J. S. Hess. 

He entered the Theological Seminary at Mercersburg, 
Pa., in 1864, graduated May 15, 1866, and was licensed by 
Lancaster Classis at Union Deposit, May 28, 1866. 

He taught school at Mertztown until the spring of 1868, 
at the same time supplying pulpits at Lynville and Tripoli, 
Pa. 

He was ordained at Apple's Church, June i, 1868, the 
committee of Classis appointed to ordain him consisting 
of Revs. Samuel Hess, W. R. Yearick, and S. M. K. 
Hub'er. His charge at first consisted of four congre- 
gations. Blue, resigned in 1874, Apple's, resigned in 1882, 
Applebachsville and Kellers. The latter two he served 
until January i, 1889, a period of twenty-one years, being 
unable to serve them any longer on account of the inroads 
consumption was making on his system, though nominal- 



28 NEW JERUSALEM CHURCH 

ly their pastor for seven months longer, or until death 
relieved him of his sufferings, which occurred July 30, 
1889. 

His age was fifty-five years, less one month. The 
funeral services were conducted at his former residence at 
Leithsville, Pa., Friday afternoon, August 2, when ad- 
dresses were made by Rev. J. F, Ohl, of Quakertown, 
Lutheran colleague of the deceased, and Rev. Dr. Koplin, 
of Hellertown. On Saturday, August 3, the remains were 
removed to Ziegel Church, Lehigh County, where Rev. 
R. C. Weaver, of Coopersburg, preached the sermon, the 
services in the church being conducted by Rev. J. G. 
Dubbs, and at the grave by Rev. William Helfrich. At the 
funeral services at the house the following ministers were 
present in addition to those named above : Revs. Dr. 
Wackernagel and Schoen'er, of the Lutheran Church, and 
Revs. Rothtrock, Snyder, Dubbs, Seiple, Weaver, Laury, 
Kehm, Mohr, Gross, Phillips, Dengler and Sheip, of the 
Reformed Church and at the church. Revs. Nevin, Hel- 
frich, J. W. Mabry, T. N. Reber, of the Reformed, and 
Rev. Leopold of the Lutheran Church. 

Rev. Ziegler was united in matrimony to Miss Sallie 
Leith, a daughter of Samuel Leith, of Leithsville, Pa., 
September 26, 1868, who with seven children survived 
him; four of the children having since been called away 
and one having preceded his father to the grave. 

The subject of this sketch was a man of untiring in- 
dustry and inflexible energy. His whole life was a strug- 
gle. As a student he suffered privations few young men 
would be willing to endure to obtain an education. He 
boarded himself and it is said literally lived on bread and 
water. These early habits of strict economy and s'elf- 
denial adhered to in after life enabled him to accumulate 
some property. 

In the pulpit he was a man of considerabl'e ability but 
very excitable. The devotional part of the services con- 



THE REFORMED PASTORS 29 

ducted by him are still remembered as having b'een im- 
pressive and edifying. In catechetical instruction he was 
earnest and thorough. It was here that he app'eared 
to the best advantage, many of his catechumens still hav- 
ing a vivid recollection of his remarks under this or that 
question. 

He was very punctual to his appointments, and as a rule 
had very little to say to his people before or after services. 
He lamented his lack of better advantages in early life and 
always felt himself out of place in the social circle. 

To Sunday school and benevolent work, to put it mildly, 
he was rather indifferent, many of his members being 
ahead of their pastor in this respect. 

As a husband and father he was looked upon as some- 
what too severe and exacting, but let us hope that this 
was an error of the judgment and not of the heart. 

With these few words we close. He whom many of you 
knew has gone to his Maker there to receive a just re- 
compense for his life on earth. Many of the people were 
much attached to him and have cause to bless his memory. 
Let us deal kindly with the departed. If there were any 
virtues worthy of imitation let them be remembered, if 
there were any faults let them be consigned to oblivion. 
"All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to 
you, do ye even so to tliem." 



30 NEW JERUSALEM CHURCH 



REV. HENRY J. WELKER 



R'ev. Henry J. Welker, son of John and Mary Welker, 
born in Upper Hanover, Montgomery County, Pa., No- 
vember 29, 1850, baptized by Rev. Daniel Weiser, D. D. 
and confirmed as a member of the Pennsburg Reformed 
Church in the spring of 1866, by R'ev. A. L. Dechant. 
He was married to Miss Mary Troth, of Philadelphia by 
Rev. A. L. Dechant, assisted by Rev. Samuel Fisher, D. 
D., at the bride's home on November 29, 1877. 

He attended the public schools of his native county, 
prepared for teaching at Frederick Institute and Wash- 
ington Hall Collegiate Institute, and taught six years in 
his native county. He prepared for coll'ege at Mt. Pleas- 
ant Seminary, Boyertown, Pa., 'entered the Freshman 
class of Ursinus College in 1872 and graduated in 1876. 
During the last year at college, he also took the required 
studies of the first year of the School of Theology and! 
completed his theological studies in 1877. 

He was licensed to preach the Gospel at the regular 
meeting of Goshenhoppen Classis, at Oley, Berks County, 
Pa., on May 25, 1877. He received a unanimous call 
from the Springfield Reformed congregation, Bucks 
County, Pa., and accepted the same on July i, 1877, He 
supplied the Springtown Reformed congregation for a 
year, after which it was constituted a part of the charge. 

On July 22, 1882, he preached for the first time at New 
Jersaleum or Apple's Church. At the annual meeting 
of Tohickon Classis, May 19, 1882, this congregation was 
detached from the Keller's charge and constituted a part 
of the Springfield charge. The charge then consisted of 
the Springfield or Trinity, Springtown or Christ and Ap- 
ple's or New Jerusalem Churches, which he served until 
the Spring of 1884, when he received a unanimous call 



THE BEFORMED PASTORS SI 

from the Tulpehocken charge, near the city of Lebanon, 
wh'ere he is laboring at present. 

During his brief pastorate at Apple's, according to uni- 
versal testimony, he had been untiring and faithful in his 
work, and had endeared himself very much to his 
parishioners. 



REV. J. M. HARTZELL 



The next of the Reformed pastors was Rev. J. M. Hart- 
zell. His call was confirm'ed November 26, 1884. In a 
little more than a year after this, on the ninth of February, 
1886, he was deposed by Tohickon Classis, from the office 
of the holy ministry, his pastorate thus and then com- 
ing to a close. 



32 NEW JERUSALEM CHURCH 



REV. JACOB G. DUBBS 



Rev. Jacob G. Dubbs, son of Jess'e Dubbs and his wife 
Maria (Graver). He was born at Trumbauersville, Bucks 
County, Pa., June 21, 1861. He was baptized in infancy 
by Rev. Peter S. Fisher, and confirmed as a member of 
the Reform'ed Church at Trumbauersville, Pa., by Rev. F. 
J. Mohr, October 2^, 1877. 

He attended the public school of his native place until 
1878, when he entered the academic departm'ent of Muh- 
lenberg College. In 1879 he entered the college proper 
and graduated in 1883. He studied Theology in Yale 
Divinity School, New Haven, Conn., graduating in 1886 
with the degree of Bachelor of Divinity. The degree 
of Master of Arts was also conferred upon him the same 
year by the authorities of Muhlenberg College. Soon after 
leaving the Seminary he was licensed by Tohickon Clas- 
sis, at its regular meeting at Nockamixon Church. 

On September 28, 1886, he was ordained and installed 
at Springfield Church as pastor of Springfield charge, 
which, including Apple's church, he s'erved up to January 
I, 1892, since which time he is pastor of the Friedensville 
charge. 

His wife was Miss Sallie K. Ziegler, to whom he was 
married May 31, 1887. Owing to the diss'ensions and con- 
fusion which had occurred during the pervious pastorate, 
the young brother found a serious task awaiting him when 
he took charge of this church but by a consistent anc^ 
straight-forward course he won the confidence of the peo- 
ple and left the charge in a much better condition than 
he had found it. 



THE BEFORMED PASTOES 3g 

THE PRESENT PASTOR 

REV. ALFRED P. HORN 

Rev. Alfred P. Horn, son of Thomas Horn and his 
wife Anna Maria (Horn), was born near Lehighton, Pa., 
December 26, 1852, baptiz'ed by Rev. E. A. Bauer, Janu- 
ary 25, 1853, and confirmed at Weissport, Pa., by Rev. 
A. W. Bartholomew, April 10, 1870. 

His early years were spent on his father's farm and in 
the pursuit of such an education as the country school af- 
forded. At the age of seventeen he began teaching school 
and after some years spent in teaching and going to 
school. Palatinate College conferred upon him a diploma 
in music and gave him a certificate which admitted him, 
September, 1878, to the Junior class of Franklin and Mar- 
shall College, from which he graduated with honor in 1880, 
and from the Theological Seminary at Lancaster, Pa., 
May 10, 1883. 

Licensed by Lehigh Classis, May 17, 1883, he began 
preaching at Lower Stone Church, North CaroHna, June 
17. After supplying several vacant pulpits in that State 
for a short time, he accepted a call to Grace charge, Ca- 
tawba County, N. C. He was ordained by Potomac Synod 
at Newton, October 20, and entered upon his pastorate 
the twenty-first. 

After a very pleasant year spent in the Old North State 
he resigned and came north July i, 1884. 

He next served a congregation at Summit Hill, Pa., 
from November 30, 1884, to November 30, 1891, and or- 
ganized a congregation at Lansford, Pa., February 2^, 
1892. 

He entered upon his labors as pastor of the Springfield 
charge, of which Apple's Church is a part, May i, 1892. 



34 NEW JERUSALEM CHURCH 

His wife was Miss Kati'e F. Carpenter, of Barnesville, Pa., 
to whom he was married January 8, 1884. The ten 
years so far passed in this field of labor have had their joys 
and their sorrows, their successes and their failures. May 
the Lord over-rule all to his glory and the good of his 
p'eople. 




THE LUTHERAN PASTORS 



BY REV. MYRON O. RATH. 



' 'Remember them which have the rule over you, who have 
spoken unto you the word of God ; whose faith follow, con- 
sidering the end of their conversation." 



By a somewhat singular coincidence the Lutheran con- 
gregation, like the Reform'ed, has thus far had seven pas- 
tors. These were the Revs. H. S. MiHer, 1835-38; Benja- 
min German, 1838-48; William German, 1 848-5 1 ; Jacob 
Vogelbach, 1851-57; WilHam Rath 1857-86; E. A. Yehl, 
1888-93 ; and W. W. Kistler, 1894— 

Towards the close of Rev. B. German's pastorate, Rev. 
S. K. Brobst supplied the pulpit at frequent intervals and 
Rev. W. German was assisted by Rev. A. Dechant. Upon 
the resignation of Rev. W. Rath the congregation was reg- 
ularly supplied first by Rev. C. E. Sandt and then by Rev. 
Prof. W. Wackernagel, D. D., and during the year 1893, 
and until the present incumbent was called Rev. J. S. Ren- 
ninger served the congregation as supply. 

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36 NEW JERUSALEM CHURCH 



REV. HENRY S. MILLER 



Rev. H. S. Miller, the first pastor, was at the time of his 
death the oldest member of the Synod of Pennsylvania. 
For a period of sixty-four years he had been a member of 
that body. He was born October 30, 1801, in Hanover 
Township, Lehigh County, just across the Lehigh River, 
opposite what was then the villag'e of Allentown. His 
father was Peter Miller, a tenant farmer. His mother 
was a daughter of Conrad Seipel. In 181 1 Mr. Miller 
moved to Easton where he worked as blacksmith and tin- 
smith. Here the son was sent to the church school then 
und'er the care of Mrs. Mattes. The pastor of the only 
Lutheran church in Easton at that time was Rev. Christ- 
ian Endress. On January 20, 1818, young Miller, then in 
his seventeenth year, began his studies preparatory to 
entering the ministry. His pastor at the time. Rev. John 
P. Hecht, supervised this work. There were no Lutheran 
colleges and s'eminaries in those days. Henry studied 
at home and recited to the pastor at his house. In 1823, 
after six years of instruction, he was prepared to apply for 
admission into the Ministerium. Synod met in Lebanon 
that year but sickness prevented the appHcant from at- 
tending. Two weeks after adjournment of Synod he was 
examined by a committee and a license issued to him by 
his former pastor, Rev, Christian Endress, President of 
Synod. 

A few months before his licensure h'e had been married 
to Miss Camilla Cl'emens, a daughter of Dr. John Clemens 
and his wife, a born Newgesser. The recent death of Dr. 
Cl'emens led to an early marriage. In October, 1852, 
after nearly thirty years of wedded life Mrs. Miller died. 
There were born unto them four children, two sons, Wil- 
liam H. Hecht, M. D., of WilHamsport, Pa., and Rev. John 



THE LUTHEBAN PASTOBS .37 

Clemens, who died at L'ebanon, and two daughters, Mary 
Matilda, wife of Rev. Nathan Jaeger, and Camilla Emma, 
wife of Rev. J. F. Fahs, of Canton, O. He was married 
a second time, January 3, 1854, to Miss Eliza Davis, also 
of Easton. 

Mr. Miller's first pastoral charge was in Bucks County, 
in the congregations previously under the care of Rev. 
Nicholaus Mensch. They were known as Springfield, 
Nockamixon, Tinicum and Keller's, and later also Dur- 
ham was added. He lived at first near the Springfield 
church several miles from Springtown. It was during his 
pastorate here that the new church known as "Apples" a 
Union Church was built. He became the Lutheran pas- 
tor thereof and continued as such until 1838 when he re- 
moved to the Trappe, where he lived for the next fourteen 
years. In 1852 he moved to Norristown, taking charge 
of the German-English congregation there. At the close 
of 1854 he became pastor of Salem, Lebanon, succeeding 
Rev. G. F. Krotel, D. D., to which charge Annville also 
belonged. 

In 1864 he took charge of congregations in Berks Co., 
living at Reading. His' pastorate here was short, for in 
1865 he moved to Phoenixville as pastor of congregations 
in Chester County. He served St. John's, Phoenixville, 
until January, 1875, when on account of the infirmities of 
old age he resigned the pastoral care of this the last place 
of his ministerial labors. 

Rev. Miller was in continuous service as pastor for fifty- 
two years. For sixty-four years he was a minister of the 
gospel. He was Secretary of Synod 1840-42. He or- 
ganiz'ed a number of congregations ; was a faithful, ener- 
getic pastor. After many years of arduous toil, and grow- 
ing infirmities, his life came peacefully to a close, August 
29, 1887. The funeral was held September i, and the 
interment took place at Norristown. 

"Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, Hke as a 
shock of corn cometh in his season." 



38 NEW JERUSALE\I CHURCH 

REV. BENJAMIN GERMAN 

Rev. B. German, son of John German and his wife 
Catherin'e (Schmidt) was born September 5, 1789, in 
Womelsdorf, Berks County, Pa, He was baptized in in- 
fancy and later confirmed by Rev. Schultz. Early in life 
he entertained the desire of entering th'e Gospel ministry. 
kVVhen in his nineteenth year he earnestly resolved to 
study theology. His preparatory training was received 
at the hands of a Rev. Von Hoff. Realizing the im- 
portance of the work and the necessity of a thorough edu- 
cation he spent three years in faithful and consci'entious 
study in Philadelphia, under the able direction and rich 
experience of Revs. Helmuth and Schaefifer. In addition 
to the wise counsel received from these pious men he was 
also under the tutelage of one of the Professors of the 
University of Pennsylvania. He was ordained in 181 5, 
and served a charge in Lebanon County for nearly five 
years. In 1819 he accepted a call to the Salisbury, Upper 
Milford and Lower Saucon churches, in Lehigh County. 
He moved from Womelsdorf to the parsonage adjoining 
the Lehigh or Upper Macungie Church where he resided 
until his resignition of this congregation, in 1838, when he 
moved to All'entown. He retained the other three congre- 
gations of the charge, and in the same year became pastor 
also of "Apple's," and in 1841 organized Solomon's con- 
gregation, Macungie, Pa., all of which he faithfully served 
until his death. 

During his ministry of twenty-eight years in Lehigh 
County he baptized 3787 children, confirmed 2000 per- 
sons, married 900 couples and officiated at 705 funerals. 
Encouraged and directed by him seven young men studied 
for the Gospel ministry. 

His wife was Magdalena, daughter of Gottfried Schmidt 
of Philadelphia, whom he married in January, 1814. Seven 
children, two sons and five girls were born unto them. 



THE LUTHEBAN PASTOES 39 

For nearly thirty-five years husband and wife lived 
happily together. The last year of his life he suffered 
much being afflicted with catarrh of the stomach. He 
bore his sufferings patiently and with Christian resigna- 
tion awaited the end. To his friends he would repeatedly 
say: "I am ready to die,'* "I have no fear of death." The 
same consolation he so often brought to the sick and dying 
during the long years of his active ministry, strengthened 
him in his dying hours. He died in peace August 22, 1848 
aged fifty-eight years, 'eleven months and seventeen days. 

R'ev. Knosky, of Kutztown, an intimate friend and at 
the request of the deceased preached from Rev. 22. "The 
grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you al!, Amen," 
being the last verse of the Bible. 

Mr. German was a powerful preacher, eloquent, fear- 
less. He was most emphatic against the use of intoxi- 
cants. Through him certain funeral customs were re-' 
formed. He was not without enemies, but tha^i is often 
the result of being faithful to truth and duty. He was 
this. "Moreover it is required in stewards that a man be 
found faithful." 



40 NEW JEEUSALEM CHUBCH 



REV. WILLIAM GERMAN 



Of this s'ervant of the Lord I know very little to chroni- 
cle. He was a tall man but not robust in body, rather 
weak, ailing much. He was a brother of Rev. Benjamin 
German, and was born in Womelsdorf, September i6, 
1798. He studied privately and after his examination was 
received into the Synod of Pennsylvania. On the death 
of his brother he became pastor of the five congregations 
comprised in his charge. The work was exacting and Mr. 
German proved physically unequal to the task. He called 
to his aid Student D'echant, a young man studying for the 
ministry in the Reformed Church. Together these two 
labored until the death of the pastor, June 28, 1851. 

Mr. German was married but died without issue. H'e is 
buried at the Salisbury Church. On his tombstone is 
inscribed the following: 

"Im Grabe ist Ruh." 

Text, Gen. 48 : 21. 

WILLIAM GERMAN, 

Ev. Luth. Prediger, 

Geboren September 16, 1798 

Starb June 28, 1851. 

Alt. 54-9-12. 

His pastorate was short, his ministrations often inter- 
rupted by sickness ; his bodily ills many, and yet h'e is 
kindly remembered by many for his self-sacrificing work. 
"Wherefore I'et them that suffer according to the will of 
God, commit the keeping of their souls to him in Well- 
doing, as unto a faithful creator." 



HISTORY 



OF 



THE NEW JERUSALEM CHURCH, 



BY HON. JEREMIAH S. HESS. 



" Aus der Familie in die Schule, 
Aus der Schule iu die Kirche, 
Aus der Kirche in den Himmel. " 

These familiar words used to appear in the "J^g^'^d 
Freund," pubhshed by the now sainted Dr. S. K. Brobst, 
when I was a boy, and express a s'entiment our fore- 
fathers brought with them to these Western shores, and 
great was the influence it exerted upon their early history; 
for as soon as a log hut had b'een constructed for the use 
of the family, a school-house followed. This in many 
cases had to serve aslo as a place for religious meetings 
until a church could be erected, though the latter was 
usually in contemplation when the former was built. 

Here at Apple's the school-house preceded the church 
by many years, occasional services being held at the 
school-house and a burying ground being established, 
the people of the neighborhood still holding their mem- 
bership for the time being either at Springfield, Lower 
Saucon, or Friendensville. 

When the first school-house at this place, the fore-run- 
ner of the church, was erected, we are not able definitely to 
say, though as we shall see further on, it may date back 
beyond our nation's birthday. 

The earli'est data we could obtain are taken from a deed 
for one acre and eight perches of land, dated June 17th. 
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10 NEW JERUSALEM CHURCH 

1 79 1, given under the hand and seal of John Apple and 
wife Catherine, to Martin Apple and John Bachman, 
trustees, for the sum of five shillings and the further con- 
sideration of a former contract. In the body of the deed 
we find the following: — "In accordance with a certain 
instrument, which John Apple made December 8th, 1783, 
for the use of a school, for th'e maintenance and support 
of a school, and in repairing and maintaining their lot 
and house of public worship, grounds and school-house or 
houses and other tenaments," further : "There is erected 
on said lot of land a dwelling house, which has been for 
a number of years an accustomed school-house and it 
shall be forever, and remain such to the only use for the 
neighborhood and behoof of them forever." 

From this it app'ears that already in 1783 "an accustom- 
ed school-house," had been at this place "for a number 
of years," showing that the school-house may have been 
erected before the tim'e of the American Revolution. 

We further learn from the above that a church was in 
contemplation from the very first. In this same deed dat- 
ed June 15th, 1791, besides the reference to a deed of 
1783, mention is made of the burial ground "showing that 
the latter then already 'existed," a fact presumably con- 
firmed by the inscription on the tombstone of "Mary, 
wife of John Appel," who died at the age of forty-nine 
years in 1784. The appearance and location of oth'er 
tombstones, having unfortunately no inscription, would 
indicate burials at a still earlier date. 

Two more tracts of land were added in later years to the 
original tract. The on'e, according to a deed bearing date 
of March 29, 1848, was conveyed by Andrew Apple to 
John Moore, Peter Heft, George MuscliHtz and Peter 
Leith, Trustees, and contained eighty-fiVe perches; con- 
sideration, ten dollars. 

The other, according to deed of March 24, 1854, was 
given by Jacob Apple to Joseph Huber, Charles Hess, 
Peter Leith, and David Koch, Reformed and Lutheran 



NEW JERUSALEM CHUECH 11 

trustees, and contained one acre and sixty-one perches; 
consideration, $172.64. 

Having already noticed how the preparations had been 
going- on for half a century and more by a faithful and 
devoted few, towards founding a church here at Apple's, 
we now come to consider the consummation of that 'event 
which took place in the year of our Lord, 1834. 

In that year, notable as that in which among other 
things the common school system of Pennsylvania was in- 
troduced, a number of your ancestors and mine laid deep 
the foundation and built firmly the walls of this large 
church edifice in which we afe assembled to-day, a monu- 
ment to their piety and self-denial, because the sums con- 
tributed were large for those days. 

From one of the subscription lists which came into 
my possession, I find that the subscription was made un- 
der the following conditions : — 

1. It shall b'e a Union Church, Lutheran and Reformed. 

2. The church shall be built on the school lot or near 
the school-house. 

3. The church shall be fifty feet in width and sixty feet 
in length, of stone and according to the new plan — but 
the building committee shall have the privilege to vary 
a few feet as they see fit. 

4. The undersigned subscriptions shall be paid in three 
installments — the first in May, 1834, the second in the 
Fall of 1834, and the third in May, 1835. 

5. By signing this subscription we agree to give value 
to the amount set after our names." 

From another old document we I'earn that the exact 
cost of the church was five thousand five hundred and 
sixty-six dollars and twenty-four cents. 

That you may know what the feelings of our ancestors 
were concerning the kingdom of God, and their purpose 
in building this church, let us read the 



12 NEW JERUSALEM CHURCH 

PROCLAMATION. 

at the laying of the corner stone (Whitsunday, May i8, 
1834) of the New Jerusal'em Church in Lower Saucon 
Township, Northamption Count}'', Pa. 

In th'e name of the Trinity, Amen : — ^Whereas, the Lord, 
according to His promise would Hve where His name 
is commemorated, and where two or three are gathered 
together in His name. He will be in their midst and bless 
them, and, whereas, no congregation can decently and 
worthily celebrate the solemniti'es of public worship, and 
be edifi'ed without a house of public worship. 

Therefore, we have here on this spot in Lower Saucon 
Township, Northampton County, mutually united to erect 
a church for us and for our posterity, where the word of 
God shall b'e proclaimed and the Sacraments administered 
for the promotion of our salvation and the salvation of our 
children; and whereas, both congregations have resolved 
to erect a church upon this ground, they regard it as prop- 
er to proclaim to the world their purpose and design ; 
therefore, we herewith announce to present and future 
generations that we lay the corner-stone of th'e German 
Evangelical Lutheran and Evangelical Reformed Church, 
on this 18th day of May, A. D. 1834, under the administra- 
tion of Andrew Jackson, President of the United States, 
and of George Wolf, Governor of Pennnsylvania, and 
that if God promote the work of our hands so that the 
same shall be completed, then this church shall be 
dedicated and forever devoted to the Triune God, 
Father, Son and Holy Ghost, and be called Jeru- 
salem's Church, that it is and shall remain a Union Luth- 
eran and Reform'ed Church, wherein the Gospel of 
Christ and Him crucified shall be preached, the sacraments 
administered according to the teachings of Christ and 
His Apostles, the substance of which is contained in cate- 
chisms which we place in this corner-stone so that future 
generations may know what our confession was. 



NEW JEBUSALEM CHUKCH 13 

Should persons arise after us who forget their Savior 
and scorn God's word and the sacraments, and do not 
wish to tolerate his wholesome teachings, we call heaven 
and earth to witness that we are not to blame. This; 
house which we propose to erect here shall be a witness 
that we love Evangelical Christianity, value it highly and 
desire to see it transmitted to our posterity — that it is 
our wish that the doctrine of the atonement be proclaim- 
ed here to poor sinners ; that we exp'ect from our children 
and children's children that they will never forsake their 
churches — that it is our wish that old and young be awak- 
ened, encouraged and comforted and prepared for eternity 
With this wish and with these feelings we can confidently 
hope and say with Jacob of old : — "And this stone which 
we have set for a pillar, shall be God's house," a place 
where God will reveal his presence. 

Done this i8th day of May, A. D. 1834, and in the 58th 
year of the Independence of the United States. Signed 
by the trustees, elders, deacons and building committee. 

The following preamble to the rules governing the two 
congregations, together with the rules, were also placed 
in the corner-stone : — "Since God is a God of order and a 
lover of good order, and because it is his wish that all 
things be done decently and in order in his house; and 
since Christian brotherly love and unity between two 
congregations is easily broken, where there is no discipline 
and no order, we therefore have adopted the following 
rules, which shall remain forever and bind the two con- 
gregations." 

The building committee, on whom rested the greatest 
burden in the erection of the church, were : — Andrew 
Weiss, Joseph Ehrhart, Reformed ; Peter Leith and John 
Apple, Lutheran. 

The church was dedicated to the Triune God under the 
name of "The New Jerusalem Church" on the 13th and 
14th days of December, A. D. 1834. The clergymen who 
officiated on this occasion were Reverends Thomas Pomp, 



U NEW JERUSALEM CHURCH 

Jushua Yeager, J. A. Strassburger, J. P. Hecht, H. S. 
Miller and Samuel Hess, all of whom have gone to th'eir 
reward. 

The two pastors elected to serve the new congrega- 
tions were Rev. Samuel Hess, Reformed, and Rev. H. S. 
Miller, Lutheran. 

The consistory of the Reformed congregation was con- 
stituted as follows : — ^^elders, Jacob Woodring, Elias Hel- 
ler, Andrew Weiss and Isaac Ott; deacons, John Derr, 
Jacob Bergstresser, Jacob Heller, Henry Rinker; trustees, 
Peter Woodring, Yost Heller; treasurer, Bartholomew 
Huber. 

The church council of the Lutheran congregation con- 
sisted of the following members : 'elders, Philip Flexer, 
John Leith, John Opp, John Gross; deacons, John Ochs, 
John Weber, John Leith, Jacob Rath; trustees, Andrew 
Apple, Martin Leith; treasurer, Jacob Rath. 

Of all the above named officers, not one remains to 

join with us in the festivities of this joyous occasion. Long 

may they be held in rememberance for their works' 

sake; their service for God is a better memorial than 

monuments of marble or granite. 

After a period of fourteen years it was resolved to put 
in a pipe organ, and Mr. Heintzelman, of All'entown, was 
engaged to build one. It took about nine months to com- 
plete it, most of the work being done here at the church, 
and not in a factory as would be the case in our day. It 
was dedicated September 30, 1849. 'The organists suc- 
cessively elected were : August Hollenbach, Jonas Hell'er, 
Thomas B. Weaver, 1857 to 1878, William Druckenmiller, 
Miss Mary Moyer, Prof. Souders, Jacob O. Hartmen, 
1885 to 1895, ^"d Charl'es Gerhart, who at present holds 
the position. 

Besides necessary repairs, nothing was done to the 
church until 1873 when the old seats were taken out, the 



NEW JERUSALEM CHURCH 16 

present comfortable pews put in and the walls covered 
with a neat fresco. The re-dedication took place August 
9' 1873. 

Five years later, on the 20th of November, 1884, the 
fiftieth anniversary of the church was celebrated, an event 
still fresh in the minds of some of the members present. 
The services were conducted in the forenoon by Revs. J. 
M. Hartzell, and A. F, Ziegler, in the afternoon by Revs. 
William Rath, W. J. Bieber, and A. F. Ziegler and in the 
evening by Revs. Rath, Hartzell, and Ziegl'er. 

Extensive repairs were made in 1901. The church was 
beautifully painted inside and out. The basement has 
also been remodelled for Sunday school purposes. The 
re-opening took place April 14, the speakers for the oc- 
casion being Revs. J. P. German and D. L. Coleman in 
the forenoon, Revs. H. J. W'elker and W. F. More in the 
afternoon and Revs. Coleman and Welker in the 'even- 
ing. 

A Sunday school has been maintained, the history of 
which will be pres'ented by another speaker., Five young 
men have entered the gospel ministry, namely. Revs. 
George W. Roth and T. A. Huber from the Reformed con- 
gregation and Revs. A. E. Erdman, Wilson Eisenhart and 
E. H. Eberts from the Lutheran. 

If we were writing only for those who as active m'em- 
bers are present on this occasion it would be needless 
to refer to any of the special work carried on from time 
to, time, as for instance the children's day services intro- 
duced for the first in 1892 by the Reformed pastor, so 
largely attended and noted for the fine decorations, and 
the very interesting and largely attended missionary festi- 
val by the Lutheran congregation about two years ago, 
when Rev. Passavant and others delivered eloquent and 
stirring addresses and a handsome sum was contributed 
for missions. 



16 NEW JERUSALEM CHURCH 

A monthly prayer meeting has been maintained. A 
missionary society of the Reform'ed congreation was or- 
ganized January 14th, 1894, with F. B. Ruch as President, 
Miss Lizzie Clauser, Secretary and Mrs. Emma Egolf, 
Treasurer, and for several years a flourishing Luther 
League, organized August 15, 1896 was carried on, the 
officers being C. W. Moyer, President, L. H. Wagner, 
Vice-President, Miss Mamie Boyer, Secretary, and Wilson 
F. Marsteller, Treasurer. The present officers of the Mis- 
sionary Society (1901) are A. S. J. Kaufifman, President, 
Miss Lizzie Clauser, Secretary, and Miss Jennie Weier- 
bach. Treasurer. 

I cannot close my remarks upon this occasion without 
a reference to that part of the proclamation already men- 
tioned which says : "We expect from our children and 
children's children that they will never forsake or aban- 
don their congregations," — a solemn appeal to you to-day 
to be true to the church of your fathers. May this print- 
ed form of my address remind all of their sacred obli- 
gations. 

And why ne'ed anyone look beyond? Are not the 
Lutheran and Reformed, those grand old Reformation 
Churches, truly evangelical? Are their teachings not in 
accord with Holy Writ? Have they not been pion'eers 
in the Protestant Church and have they not been faith- 
ful champions of the truth all along? Acquaint yourself 
with the history teaching and methods of your own church 
and give her that filial respect and love to which she is so 
justly entitled and it cannot be otherwise but that the 
earnest and prayerful wish of the fathers will be readily 
and faithfully carried out by their "children and children's 
children" for many generations to come. 

May this memorial service to-day awaken in you a just 
and worthy pride in the heritage left you by the fathers; 
may it bind you more closely to your church and to each 
other ; may you be more willing than ever to make sacri- 



NEW JERUSALEM CHURCH 17 

fices for the truth as it is in J'esus, and may you adorn the 
gospel in your daily life and conversation is my earnest 
wish and hope. May the people of the New Jerusalem 
Church be so faithful to th'eir Lord and Master Jesus 
Christ that He will be able at the Last Day to welcome 
them one and all to that New Jerusalem which is above. 
To Him be all the Glory. 



e<sm 




THE REFORMED PASTORS 



BY REV. ALFRED P. HORN. 



All but two of the ministers who have served the Re- 
formed congregation of Apple's Church are still living, 
several of them are still comparatively young, and so there 
is not much history to record except that of the two 
already deceased, whose life is given below as full as the 
writer could obtain it. On the Reformed side the longest 
pastorate thus far was the first, whereas on the Lutheran 
side, the longest, that of Rev. Wm. Rath was preceded by 
four comparatively short ones. Those men, including 
Rev. Rath, having all passed away, all but one of them 
with a long and active career, and thus the material was at 
hand for a full'er sketch, than that of the Reformed pastors, 
and Rev. Myron O. Rath has availed himself in a scholarly 
and sympathetic way of these materials and many will no 
doubt have reason to thank him for the faithful manner in 
which he has performed his arduous task. 

That the faithful labors of thes'e spiritual guides, a brief 
biography of whom appears on these pages, who have 
been more or less closely identified with the congregation 
here at Apple's may prove a lasting benefit to these peo- 
ple, and produce in them the fruits of good living is a 
result d'evoutly to be wished for. The ministers have done 
their allotted work, let the m'embers see to it that they will 
f ' — 

[Note. — At the time of the re-uuion, a short sketch of the pastors on the Reformed 
side was given in the history of the church, the Rev. W. W. Kistler following with a 
separate sketch of the l,utheran pastors. Of the Reformed pastors a separate sketch' 
including some of the material gathered by Mr. Hess, has now been prepared, whilst 
an article concerning the Lutheran pastors, especially prepared by Rev. Myron O. 
Rath, of Allentown, Pa., and also embodying the data collected by the Rev. Mr. 
Kistler, will be found below.] 

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THE REFORMED PASTORS 19 

not be found wanting when the great day of reckoning 
shall come. 

The Reformed pastors were Revs. Samuel Hess, 1834-' 
'64; S. M. K. Ruber, i864-'68; A. F. Ziegl'er, r868-'82; 
Henry J. Welker, i882-'84; J. M. Hartzell, i884-'86; J. G. 
Dubbs, i886-'92; A. P. Horn, 1892— 






aO NEW JERUSALEM CHURCH 



REV. SAMUEL HESS 



Rev. Samuel Hess, the first pastor of th'e Reformed con- 
gregation, was a son of George Hess and his wife EHza- 
beth, (Knepley), and was born December 25, 1804. 

Both his parents attained a good old ag'e, Mrs. Hess 
being called away in 1847, aged eighty-five, and Mr. Hess 
in 1848, aged eighty-seven years. The homestead occu- 
pied by them and where Rev. Hess was raised was the' 
farm and mill by the Saucon creek at Iron Hill, Northamp- 
ton County, two miles north of Hellertown, the mill be- 
ing at present owned by Edward Benner, and the farm 
until recently owned by Jos. B. Hess, a grandson to 
George. A clover-seed mill was also run in connection 
with the flour-mill at that time. 

It was here that the future minister formed those habits 
of industry and thrift which clung to him through life 
whether engaged in spiritual or temporal affairs ; for that 
he was a hard worker, not easily dismayed by difficulties 
will be readily admitted by all who knew him. 

He was trained by his faithful parents to early piety and 
in due time received into full communion with the church 
through the solemn rite of Confirmation, by the Rev. 
Thomas Pomp, of blessed memory, after having be'en 
thoroughly instructed in the doctrines of our holy religion 
as set forth in the Heidelberg Catechism. 

This event took place November 3, 182 1. When in 
his nineteenth year, in 1823, having a strong desire to 
work in the Lord's vineyard, and under a deep conviction 
that God had a work for him to do, he began a course of 
study und'er the Rev. Dr. J. C. Becker, and continued it 
for four years. 

Having after his course of study sustained the required 
examination, he was licensed to preach the Gospel, and 




REV. SAMUEL HESS 

Founder of Apple's Church, and Pastor 
for thirty years. 



THE BEFOKMED PASTORS 21 

on the evening- of October 5, 1827, during th'e meeting 
of the Synod in York, Pa., he was solemnly set apart and 
ordained to the work of the holy ministry. Dr. Becker 
was one of the committe'e appointed to ordain him, and 
Rev. F. W. Vandersloot preached the sermon from 
2 Tim. 3 : 14. 

His ministerial labors were begun at Blue church, and 
although he served a number of other congregations dur- 
ing his long and active career, yet he remained the pastor 
of that church as long as his health permitted him to fol- 
low his chosen calling, — a period of forty years, having 
retired from the active work of the ministry in the Spring 
of 1868. Such a long pastorate in itself speaks volumes 
as to his character and worth. These people naturally 
regarded him as a spiritual father to the end of his days. 
As he lived till November 23, 1875, he held the sacred 
office for over forty-eight years, or almost half a century. 

His relation to Apple's church as pastor, began with its 
organization, having been unanimously elected, and con- 
tinued for a period of about thirty years, the last com- 
munion administered by him being on the ist of Novem- 
ber, 1863, and the first sermon preached by his successor 
was on June 13, 1864. On what date his farewell s'ermon 
was preached we have not been able to ascertain. 

But his labors for the good of this church included a 
longer period than the dates of his election and resigna- 
tion would indicate. At the old school-house he used to 
preach and conduct funerals before the church was built. 
Here too he us'ed to gather the young people, being him- 
self in the vigor of young manhood, and instructed them 
in singing. May it not have been through his interest 
in and contact with the young people of that day, and 
also because of his near residence and consequent ac- 
quaintance with young and old that the idea of building a 
church, so long held in suspense was carried out at this 
particular tim'e. For fifty years the idea had been de- 



22 NEW JERUSALEM CHUECH 

veloping waiting for the man to bring it to completion. 
The fuhiess of time had now come when a young man 
was on the ground, full of enthusiasm for the work and 
showing the people how it could be done. 

Without intending to rob any one else of his just du'es, 
both Lutherans and Reformed point to pastor Hess, as 
the man who above all others shouldered the burden and 
marched through the heat of those trying times — a faith- 
ful leader among faithful followers and co-workers. He 
was most earnest and active in all the details of the work, 
even helping to collect most of the funds needed for the 
project. His ability and tact in this direction are shown 
from the fact that in five of the eight congregations he 
served during his lifetime, new houses of worship were 
built or old ones repaired, the Lutheran denomination of 
course in each case co-operating. 

In the old church book neatly and eVen ornamentally 
inscribed by his hand we find the following words ex- 
pressive of the spirit of a true under shepherd: — 

Guter Hirrte deiner Heerde, 
Lasz uns deine Schaafe sein, 
Treuer Heiland Jesus Christ 
Der du aufgefahren hist, 
Gieb das alle name die hier werden, 
In dies Buche eingeschrieben 
Auch eiust all gezaehlet werden, 
Zu der treuen Christen Heerden. 

Successful in building churches, he was no I'ess so in 
gathering new congregations, having gathered and organ- 
iz'ed five of those which he served, (see Reformed 
Church Fathers, Vol. V. pag*e 167,) apparently fearing 
like St. Paul, lest he "should build on another man's foun- 
dation." Rom. 15: 20 — 21. 

Having been so closely identified with the very foun- 
dation of church and congregation here at Apple's, hav- 
ing given more than thirty of the best years of his life to 



THE KEFOKMED PASTORS 23 

its service, having baptized, instructed and confirmed, 
the young, comforted the sick, consoled the sorrowing 
and spoken words of hope at the open grave, having fear- 
I'essly and faithfully expounded God's word, and in short, 
having shared the joys and sorrows of God's people and 
having been a familiar and welcome visitor among them 
during all those years, is it anything strange that he should 
be well and fondly remembered by many that have been 
present at this re-union or may read these pages. 

"He was a man that beheved in educational religion, as 
over against emotionalism. He was a firm believer in 
catechetical instruction ; he followed the gospel method 
of making disciples for Christ by thoroughly teaching 
and instructing them in the way of life, putting very little 
faith in the methods so highly esteemed in some quar- 
ters, that of temporarily arousing the feelings, a system 
that has been weighed in the balance and found wanting. 

Man consists of reason, will and feeling. The highest 
of these is will, the lowest, feeling. All proper instruc- 
tion aims of course to persuade men to right action, in 
other words, to efifect the will in the right direction. That 
this can be more effectually done through the reason than 
the feelings is self-evident. We must not despise either 
reason or feeling, but to trust simply to the feelings, ignor- 
ing both reason and will, as is usually don'e by the emotion- 
alist, is to end in failure and disappointment.. What was 
so firmly held by your pastor during all those years will 
therefore be found to stand the test both of sound reason 
and of experience. 

So far as he was concerned the foundations had been 
well laid even if later some departed from the faith. Better 
counsels however have again come to prevail and we trust 
that the rising generation will be zealous in all good works, 
showing their faith by their acts, thus putting the ad- 
versary to shame and being so well grounded in the faith 
once delivered to the saints," Jude: 3, as to be ready? 



24 NEW JERUSALEM CHURCH 

always to give an answer to every man that asketh them a 
reason of the hope that is in them with m'eekness and fear. 
Peter 3: 15 — 16. 

To the faithful servant fallen asleep some twenty years 
ago, who with much self denial labored in season and out 
of season, II Tim. 4: 20, for the good of his fellow-men, 
a father to many of you and a faithful friend to all, we may 
well apply the closing words of the burial services taken 
from Rev. 14: 13, "I heard a voice from heaven, saying 
unto me, Write, Bless'ed are the dead which die in the 
Lord from henceforth : yea, saith the Spirit, that they may 
rest from their labors; and their works do follow them." 

Rev. Hess was married twice. His first wife was Miss 
Elizabeth Dorothea Owen, to whom he was united in 
marriage July 29, 1828. She died on the ist day of May 
1838 and is buried in the God's acre at Apple's church. 
By this marriage he had no children. 

His second wife was Miss Lucetta Kline, to whom he 
was married February 18, 1840. She survived him for 
a good many years, honored and respected by all who 
knew her. For the last twenty years of her life she was 
afflicted with blindness, but bore it all very cheerfully. 
She fell asleep December 15, 1893 and is buried in the 
cemetery at Hellertown. 

Their two sons Hon. J. S. and Milton J. with their 
families are at this writing still amongst us, prominent and 
active in many a good work. 



THE LUTHERAN PASTORS 41 



REV. JACOB VOGELBACH 



Rev. J. Vogelbach was born in Germany where he also 
received his preparatory training. When still a young 
man he came to America. Ten years prior to taking 
charge of "Apple's" congregation he was received into the 
Lutheran Synod of Maryland, Rev. J. G. Morris, D. D., 
president. 

It does not appear that he was anything els'e than a 
Lutheran, although he is spoken of as a preacher among 
the United Brethren. It is not unhkely that he preach- 
ed for these people pending his reception into a Lutheran 
Synodical body. Four years after he had been taken into 
the Maryland Synod by Dr. Morris, he, together with St. 
Michaels' Lutheran congregation of Harrisburg, to which 
he had been called, applied for admission and both were 
received by the Pennsylvania Synod. In 1847 ^he German 
Lutheran congregation at Pittsburg extended him a call, 
which he also accepted, moving there in the fall of the 
same year. H'e did not remain long in the West, return- 
ing to his former charge at Harrisburg in November, 
1850. 

In 1852 he left Harrisburg for the second time, having 
accepted a call to the charge made vacant by the death of 
Rev. William German. He moved to Allentown and be- 
came pastor of "Apple's" one of the four congregations 
that then formed the charge. In 1853 he became pastor 
also of St. Paul's, Allentown. In February, 1857, he was 
installed pastor of St. Jakobus Gemeinde, Philadelphia. 
This congregation he also served faithfully and with sig- 
nal ability until advancing years and infirmity of body 
rendei-ed him incapable of continuing in the active minis- 
try. In consequence of this he was honored by the con- 
g'regation electing him Pastor Emeritus in 1880. In 
4 



42 NEW JERUSALEM GHUECH 

less than a year, however, November 20, 1880, he fell 
asleep, dying in the faith he had preached so many years. 
He was twice married. He was survived by his widow 
and several children. He was an able preacher and is re- 
membered for his spiritual and evangelical sermons. His 
remains were buried in Philadelphia. "Then shall the 
righteous shine forth as the sun in the Kingdom of their 
Father." 




y^Tf^v 




REV. WILLIAM RATH 

Pastor for 29 years. 



THE LUTHERAN PASTORS 43 



REV. WILLIAM RATH 



We come now to consider th'e history of one whose 
pastorate was the longest in continuous service of any 
that have so far ministered to this congregation. Rev, 
Rath was the son of Jacob Rath and his wife Susanna 
(Boehm.) He was born in Upper Saucon, Lehigh Coun- 
ty, Pa., near Friedensville, September 23, 1826. He was 
baptized in infancy and later confirmed by Rev. Joshua 
Jaeger, pastor of the Lutheran congregation at Friedens- 
ville. 

His childhood and youth were spent on his father's farm 
near Hellertown, not far distant from the place where 
he died. He worked on the farm until the spring of 1844, 
when he entered the blacksmith shop with the intention 
of learning the trade of his father, but his mother's death, 
May 4th, 1844, leaving nine children to his father's care 
changed the plans of his life. In the winter of 1845 he 
began to teach school and continued until the fall of 1846, 
when he went to Philadelphia as salesman in a dry goods 
house on Third street. While in the city he regularly at- 
tended St. John's Lutheran church, on Race street. Rev. 
Dr. Mayer, pastor, and was also a teacher in the Sunday 
School. During the winter of 1847-48 he again taught 
school, having been very successful as a teacher. In 
the spring of 1848 he went to Gettysburg to attend Penn- 
sylvania College. Here he spent two years, but on ac- 
count of failing health he had to return home. 

In 1850 he began his studies in th'e home and under the 
direction of Rev. Jeremiah Schindel, then living in the par- 
sonage of Jordan Lutheran Church, South Whitehall 
Township, Lehigh Co. He was diligent and sincere in his 
work. His preceptor entertained the highest regard for 
him and ever bore testimony to his unwearied application 



44 NEW JERUSALEM CHURCH 

and unfeigned devotion to the work of his Lord. In June 
1852, he creditably passed his examination and was Hcens- 
ed by the Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania at its 
annual meeting held in Lancaster. After his reception 
into the ministerium he remained for a short time with 
Rev. Schindel and then received and accepted a call from 
fo'ur congregations in Northampton County, formerly 
served by Rev. Mendsen, viz. : Towamensing, Cherryville, 
Moorestown and Stone Church. He lived in Cherryville. 

In May 1857 he received and accepted a call to the 
charge long served by Rev. B. German, and more recently 
by Rev. J. Vogelbach. The charge consisted of four 
congregations, viz. : Salisbury, Zionville, Blue Church and 
Apple's. During this time he also s'erved the St. Paul's 
congregation at Catasauqua, until 1861. In the fall of 1859 
he became pastor of the Lower Saucon Lutheran congre- 
gation, near Freemansburg, serving the same until 1870. 
During 1858-59 he preached at Mickley's and during 1861- 
62 he served the congregation at Cedarville. He organized 
the congregation at Hellertown in 1870 and served it until 
1881. He also organized and served St. John's at 
Emaus, and the Lutheran congregation in Solomon's 
church Macungie. In the fall of 1857 he received a call 
to the "Swamp charge" but declined it. 

During the last three years of his ministry and up to his 
death, he had pastoral charge of Salisbury and Zionville, 
having resigned Blue Church and Apple's. He preached 
his last sermon in Zionville on Easter Sunday, April 21* 
1889, on 2 Tim. 2: 8. Shortly thereafter he was taken 
sick and was never again abl'e to fill any appointment. 

In the year 1882 he celebrated the twenty-fifth anniver- 
sary in the four congregations forming the original 
charge. Very interesting services were held in these dif- 
ferent churches and many tokens of high regard and of 
devotion to him were presented. It was a great comfort 



THE LUTHEBAN PASTOES 48 

and encouragement to him to receive these marks of 
warm appreciation. 

During his ministry of thirty-seven years, according to 
his records, he baptized 3718, married 1031 couples and 
buried 1466. 

Besides the work in his own congregations he did a 
great amount of work for Synod, conference and the 
church institutions. H'e was intimately connected and 
identified with the welfare of Muhlenberg College, Allen- 
town. He was a trustee in its Board from its very begin- 
ning. He served as President of the Board from 1876 to 
1886 and was the father of the present amended charter 
of the college. 

He was president of the Second District Conference 
from 1871 to 1877, and from 1883 to 1886. Some of the 
most trying ordeals through which this conference has 
been called to pass, took place during his incumbency. In 
Synod he was not less useful and active. He served on 
many important committees and rendered much impor- 
tant service to the church. 

He was married December 26, 1853 to Christiana E. 
Snyder, daughter of the late Jonas Snyder and his wife 
Sarah (Flick.) Four children were born to them, viz. : 
Rev. Myron O., Laura Alma, Mary Elizabeth, who died 
in infancy; and Sarah Susannah, wife of Francis G. Lewis, 
Esq. 

His sickness was general debility, resulting in particular 
from an attack of typhoid fever during the severe epi- 
demic in Allentown of typhoid in 1886. He died at his 
country residence at Centre Vallej^ Lehigh County, July 
2, 1889. He was surrounded during his final struggle 
by his wife, who with unfaltering devotion ministered to 
him during his long illness, and his children v/ho followed 
him to the dark valley through which the Lord Jesus, 
whom he loved and served so long, alone could accom- 
pany him. 



46 NEW JERUSALEM CHURCH 

"Rev. William Rath was a man of more than ordinary 
abiUty. Being more or less of a timid, retiring disposi- 
tion, his real worth and ability were not so well known. In 
the inner circle of his more intimate friends he was himself 
and his real merits came there to the surface. He was well 
versed and grounded in the history and theology of his 
church and his was a very decided confessional tpye of 
Lutheranism. He had no respect for mere s'ensationalism. 
There was with him no compromise of the truth for the 
sake of mere policy or social considerations. As a preach- 
er he was clear, thoroughly evangelical and practical. H'e 
was firm and steadfast in his convictions, resolute and 
determine in purpose and conscientious in every partic- 
ular. In his habits he was economical and punctual and 
in his intercourse with others he was polite and gentle- 
manly. He commanded respect from every one that had 
the pleasure of knowing or meeting him. He was fondly 
attached to his home and family. "There is no place like 
home," he would often say. His children were near and 
dear to him, and he was much concerned in their temporal 
and spiritual welfare. He had the great satisfaction of 
having his only son as his assistant and successor." 

"Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from hence- 
forth ; yea saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their 
labors; and their works do follow them." 



THE LUTHEBAN PASTORS 47 



REV. ELIAS A. YEHL 



After an interim of about two years the congregation 
again had the regular ministration of a called pastor. Rev. 
Elias A. Yehl, son of Joseph and Ehzabeth Yehl, was 
born in North White Hall Township, Lehigh County, Pa., 
May 17, i860. After privately preparing himself for a 
full collegiate course, he 'entered Muhlenberg College, 
at Allentown, in the fall of 1881. After four years he was 
graduated in June 1885. In the fall of the same year he 
entered the Theological Seminary of the Lutheran church 
at Philadelphia, graduating therefrom in 1888. On June 
I St, of that year he was ordained as a minister of Jesus 
Christ by the Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium of Penn- 
slyvania. Immediately upon his ordination he became 
pastor of the charge then consisting of St. Paul's, or "Blue 
Church," Upper Saucon, St. John's, Coopersburg and St. 
John's, Chestnut Hill, Lower Milford. Rev. Yehl was re* 
markably successful during his pastorate here. He is 
energ*etic in work, active in pastoral visitation and emi- 
nently practical in his pulpit ministrations. He has a fine 
presence, a courteous manner, and a well modulated voice. 
His health gradually failing he was compelled in 1893 to 
resign his charge, and retire for a season. After two 
years he accepted a call to Trinity church, Bangor, Pa. 
During 1899 he was married to Miss Clara S. Kuhns. 



^ NEW JERUSALEM CHURCH 



REV. J. S. RENNINGER 



Before Rev. Yehl resigned, he called Rev. R'enninger to 
assist him. He continued to supply the congregation un- 
til January 1894. 

Rev. Josiah S. Renninger, son of Peter Renninger and 
Anna Maria (Stauffer,) was born March 7, 1838, in New 
Hanover Township, Montgomery County, Pa. His early 
education was received in the township schools. Later 
he attended Freeland Seminary, and Dickinson Seminary, 
Lycoming County, Pa. For seven years he taught school, 
working on the farm during vacation. After studying 
several years in the Theological Seminary at Gettysburg, 
Pa., at the age of twenty-four he was Hcensed to preach 
by the Alleghany Synod. His first charge was New^ 
Derry Mission in Westmorland County, Pa. At the end 
of one year he accepted a call to the Ringtown parish 
Schuylkill County. In the spring of 1864 he was ordained 
by the Ministerium of Pennsylvania. In 1867 he was 
called to the Schnecksville charge, in Lehigh County, Pa. 
With marked success he labored in this field for twenty- 
one years. 

Resigning in 1888 he moved to Allentown where he is 
now living. Since living here he organized St. Lukes 
Mission, on North 7th Street and Grace, at South Allen- 
town. At present he is pastor of St. Joseph congregation 
at East Allentown. He has done good and efficient work 
in supplying vacant pulpits during the past ten years. 
During Rev. M. O. Rath's absence in the Orient, he ac- 
ceptably filled his place. While pastor of the Ringtown 
charge he was married to Miss Mattie M. Kull, of New 
Alexandria, Westmoreland County, Pa. This union was 
blessed with three children, one son and two daughters, all 
of whom are living. 



THE LUTHERAN PASTORS 49 



REV. W. W. KISTLER 



REV. W. W. KISTLER. 
There remain a few words more for the present incum- 
bent, Rev. Wilham W. Kistler, son of Daniel Kistler and 
wife Mary (W'erley), was born September 12, 1861, in 
West Penn, Schuylkill County, Pa. After attending 
several schools preparatory to beginning a thorough 
classical course of study, he entered Muhlenberg College. 
After four years he was graduated with honorable men- 
tion in June 1891. In September following h'e entered 
the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Mt. Airy, Philadel- 
phia. During his course at the Seminary, he was engaged 
in missionary work in different parts of the city. In May 
1894, he was graduated, and on the 14th of the same 
month, was ordained to the Gospel Ministry. Previous 
to his ordination he had received a call to the charge made 
vacant by the resignation of Rev. Yehl. On July 1st, 
1894 he was married in the "Blue Church" to Miss Mary 
E. Mantz, of Wehr, Schuylkill County, Pa. 




HISTORY OF THE SUNDAY SCHOOL 



READ BY MR. PETER M. LANDIS. 



In 1849, the year in which the pipe organ was built, the 
first Sunday school of which any one has a distinct re- 
collection, was organized. Of this school, Samuel E. 
Leith, at one time a theological student, was President, 
and Jonas Heller, Superintendent. Among the teachers 
were : Charles Leith, John Mohr, Hannah Dimmig, Eliza- 
beth Appel, Diana Solliday, Sarah and EHza Eisenhart, 
Susannah and Lizzie Yeager. 

The last named was one of those appointed to finish 
her earthly career while yet in the spring-time of life be- 
ing called hence at the age of nineteen, October 10, 1853 
May we not hope that this little school aided her in form- 
ing a better idea of the ragged banks of the Jordan she was 
so soon to cross, and the heavenly Canaan she was so soon 
to enter. Ah, my fellow worker in the Sunday school 
cause, you know not how soon the seed you scatter in 
faith and prayer, may spring up to eternal life. 

The pastors. Revs. Hess and Wm. German gave the 
school their sanction and encouragement; it was carried 
on in English and German, Primers or A. B. C. books be- 
ing used besides German and English testaments and a lit- 
tle question book or "Fragebiichlein" and a little note 
book with German and English hymns. Has any one a 
copy of these books. They would be interesting relics. 

Whether the school was continued right along without 
interruption your present historian has not been able to 
determine as the oldest accounts he could find go no 

(50) 



THE SUNDAY SCHOOL 61 

further back than 1872. If we just knew where to look for 
them probably some one might have books or reHcs of 
some kind referring to the school in the fifties and early 
part of the sixties. Whatever may have been the order of 
things previously, we are creditably informed that the 
school obtained a new lease of life, when at the instigation 
and under the able assistance of Rev. S. M. K. Huber, it 
was re-organized in 1864, with Mr. William Landis, a stu- 
dent about to 'enter the holy ministry as its Superintendent 
and from that time to this it has been kept up regularly, 
though not always as vigorously as it should have been. 

Mr. Landis was not only well prepared to lead the 
school in its other exercis'es, but was moreover a good 
musician and held frequent meetings for instruction and 
practice in singing and the school in a short time became 
firmly established. Many of you here today no doubt 
have pleasant memories of those good old times, and 
the foundations then laid upon "Christ, the rock 
of ages" did much for the up-building of the school and 
of the character of its members. "Therefore, my beloved 
brethren, be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding 
in the work of the Lord, for as much as ye know that your 
labor is not in vain in the Lord," i Cor. 15 : 58. 

After Mr. Landis left to enter upon his pastoral labors 
his brother, P. M. Landis, was urged to take charge of the 
school which h'e accordingly did, his term of service ex- 
tending from 1865 to 1874, a period of nine years. To 
speak in the first person, we had clouds as well as sun- 
shine, but on the whole the people stood by me nobly and 
the school was in a flourishing condition. 

If I were to give a hst of those who supported m'e and 
labored with m'e, many of whom are still with us to-day, I 
would have to name a good part of the families connected 
at that time with both congregations, and only th'en can a 
Sunday school be at its best when all the members of the 
church take an interest in the school also. 



fift NEW JERUSALEM CHURCH 

The assistant superintend'ents during my time were 
Thomas B. Weaver, and for a short time Frank Reihman ; 
Treasurers, Jos. T. Hess and William Faust; Librarians, 
Erwin Hess, Sylvanus Leith, Valeria Apple; Organists, 
Thos. B. Weaver, Val'eria Apple and Henrietta Yeager, 
We kept up a weekly Bible class and teachers' meeting in 
the old school house. 

W'e got up an excursion in 1870 or '71 to the Lutheran 
Orphan's Home at Germantown in which we made eighty 
dollars clear for the school, besides a collection of fifteen 
dollars for the Home. Contributions were also made to 
the Bethany Orphans' Home at Womelsdorf, Pa. 

The following were my successors as Superintendents : 

L. H. Wagner, 1875-82; F. B. Ruch, 1883; A. B. 
Fehr, 1884; E. H. Eberts, 1885-86; L. H. Wagner, 1887; 
Harvey Arnold, 1888; E. H. Eberts, 1889-90; L. H. Wag- 
ner, 1891 ; H. J. V. Ehrhart, 1892-96. 

L. H. Wagner was again Superintendent in 1897; 
Harvey Moyer and A. S. J. Kauffman in 1898; B. F. 
Gangeware and Harvey Moyer in 1899 and 1900; A. S. J. 
Kaufifman and B. F. Gangeware in 1901. 

During all this time, twenty-one years, the German 
Bible class was in charge of Mr. B. S. Eisenhart. The 
officers at the time of the Re-union were President, Wil- 
liam Beck; Superintend'ent, H. J. V. Ehrhart, Assistant 
Superintendent, C. W. Moyer; Secretary, W. F. Marstel- 
ler; Assistant Secretary, J. O. Kaufifman; Treasurer, C. O. 
Bachman ; Librarians, Weston Gross, Elmer Eisenhart, 
Rebecca Weierbach, Rebecca Eisenhart; Organists, 
Mamie Boyer, Lizzie Clauser, and Class Director, William 
Egolf. 

According to the minutes which have been kept very 
full for the last ten or tw'elve years, nearly all the adult 
members of the school have made thems'elves useful at one 
time or another in serving as officers, teachers or on 
committees or otherwise. 



THE SUNDAY. SCHOOL 53 

Our secretaries d'eserve credit for being impartial in 
their minutes, they sometimes bitterly complain against 
the coldness displayed by members of the school and 
church, at other times they express their gratification at 
the attendance or other signs of prosperity, and frequently 
invoke God's blessing on the school. 

From these records we may also learn that the different 
pastors have taken a deep interest in the school, frequent- 
ly addressing it, and occasionally holding special services 
or exercises to interest the young. 

Various improvements have been undertaken from time 
to time by the school. During the term of L. H. Wagner 
ds Superintendent eighty dollars were invested in an or- 
gan, and twelve dollars for an ice cream freezer. Is the 
latter an improvem'ent? Not long ago considerable 
money was spent for singing books and other material. 

Through special practice for various extra services, the 
last few years a noticable improvement is taking place in 
singing. May the school continue to improve and ad-^ 
vance in everything that is good. 

And now in closing let me sum up as follows: — 
1st. Let us make Jesus the standard of all our aims 
and all our hopes. ''The truth as it is in Jesus" was a 
good motto for the fathers and it is a good motto still. 

2d. As followers of Christ, as m'embers and office-bear- 
ers in his kingdom, let us look closely into our own con- 
duct. Let us avoid even the appearance of evil. Let us 
not pull down by one day's so-called pleasure more than 
we can build up in th'e next six months. I for my part 
can not endorse night pic-nics, cake walks, or gambling 
of any kind, nor should we use the sacred time that we 
need for studying God's word in preparing for any pleas- 
ures or entertainm'ents, but use the Sunday strictly for 
Sunday work, and let other things be done in the week 
or abolished altogether. We need a stricter obs'ervance 



U NEW JERUSALEM CHURCH 

of the Sabbath, and a more sacred employment of the 
time allotted to us for the up-building of young and old 
in the fear of God, and in the prayerful study of His Word. 
Let us raise our standard. Let us seek for more knowl- 
edge and a holier life. Let us come with renewed con- 
secration to our Lord and Master, and let us do with our 
might in all the proper work of the Sunday school whatso- 
ever our hand findeth to do. 



RKIVEINISCKNCES 



REMARKS BY S. M. K. HUBER 

The Rev. S. M. K. Huber, of Skippack, Pa., a former 
pastor, with his wife was present all day, having come 
quite a distance to attend these services. He gave us 
excellent and cordial addresses both forenoon and after- 
noon. The substance of his remarks may be put together 
somewhat as follows : — 

"I can not express to you the great pleasure it affords 
me to be with you to-day. It seems a long time, it is about 
thirty years, since I served you as pastor, and many a time 
was I weary and sore from my long and 'exhaustive drives 
to reach you but all my weariness seemed to fly away when 
I came to my parishioners at Apple's, for here there Were 
warm hearts and cheerful firesides to make me welcome. 
It was like coming home, so kindly and cordially was I 
received everywhere. However great the toil and hard- 
ship, it was all soon forgotten when I reached my jour- 
ney's end. Will it not be so, my friends, in regard to 
the journey of life? Its toils and hardships will be for- 
gotten in the rest and joy beyond. 



REMINISCENCES 55 

"But what great changes time has wrought! Of the 
older faces I can recognize but one among those present 
this morning, that of father David Boehm. How^ well I 
remember him and how familiar his face still appears, 
for he was not on'e of the youngest any more even dur- 
ing the time of my pastorate. 

"Speaking of the older members I might refer to Peter 
Roth, whom I buried July 24, 1867, aged 93 years, 5 
months and 13 days. He was the grand-father of Rev. 
G. W. Roth, of Boyertown, Pa., and the only person I 
had ever met who had seen Gen. Washington alive, and 
it was with a great deal of interest I used to hear him 
speak of the great General. He often remarked, "Das 
war aber ein schoener Man." 

Of the younger people whom I confirmed and whom I 
knew as bright girls and boys I am told some are present, 
and while they probably remember me as their one-time 
pastor, such are the changes w'rought by tim'e that one 
needs an introduction again to become fully acquainted. 
The greatest pleasure and the best news I can receive con- 
cerning any of them is that they are faithful in what they 
then promised and that they are found in the w^ay of right- 
eousness. I trust that the seed sown in those early days 
may have produced fruit unto eternal life and that in th'e 
church triumphant w'e may be able to greet one another 
as those once associated in th'e Lord's work in the church 
militant. My hope and prayer is 'that you will be faithful 
to the end, and you may then rest assured that the Lord 
will give you a crown of life'." Rev. 2: 10. 



REMARKS BY J. S. RENNINGER 

The Rev. J. S. Renninger, of Allentown, Pa., a former 
pastor touched a responsive cord in every heart by his 
eloquent and appropriate address which follows in part : — 



56 NEW JEBUSALEM CHURCH 

"We are assembled here to-day to celebrate and com- 
memorate a Re-union and in so doing we not only re-call 
and extol the past, but by this very act we also arrive at a 
close union among ourselves, for the idea of a re-union 
includes union as its foundation and ground work, as has 
also been clearly shown all through to-day in the papers 
and addresses to which we have listened and the devo- 
tional services in which it has been our privilege to engage. 
You are to-day celebrating a church re-union and a family 
re-union, the latter, as we have been informed, leading to 
the former. What could be more appropriate than to 
take our family re-unions into the church, and thus rec- 
ognize and emphasize things in their right relation. The 
family after all can have significance and worth only as it is 
blessed of God as were our first parents Adam and Eve in 
Paradise, and as it enjoys the benediction and sanctifying 
influences of His church. Outside of the church no family 
can long endure neither will its history be of enduring 
worth. I for one can most heartily enter into the spirit 
and purpose of this re-union with you to-day and why 
should we not have such occasions as this often? Would 
it not be a good thing for our churches to hold re-unions 
of all their membership say every five or ten years, and 
would we not all be highly benefitted in so doing? 

We believe in the communion of Saints, why not make 
much of this communion ? We believe in one holy Christ- 
ian Church, why not come together and assert our one- 
ness and reap the joys and the blessedness of this holy 
fellowship? The church is visible and invisible. With 
its invisible power and glory it keeps us together in its 
visible form, and enables us to make faithful us'e of its 
visible ordained means of grace so that our hopes through 
implicit faith may be realized. 

For the fidelity and earnestness of the fathers who rear- 
ed this temple in God's honor our h'earts are filled to-day 
with devout thankfulness. For the still more ancient 
labors and self-denials of father John Philip Boehm, a 



EEMINISCENCES 57 

pioneer among the German churches in America we to-day 
express our appreciation and record our gratitude. For 
those younger heralds of the cross who have gone forth 
from this church to preach Christ and him crucified we 
utter a prayer that their labors may be doubly blest from 
on high and that their example may stimulate others to 
take up the cross and follow Jesus. 

For the good that has been done here in the past and 
for the hopes raised for the future we join to-day in praises 
to Almighty God the author and fountain of all good. 
With Simeon of old We may exclaim, "Now lettest thou 
thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word, for 
mine eyes have seen thy salvation." Whatever the evils 
and short-comings and imperfections we may have to la- 
ment, let us still with the encouragement which God's 
blessings in the past afford us, look hopefully toward the 
future and resolve anew to press forward in our Christian 
calling knowing that we have his help in every good un- 
dertaking. "Lo, I am with you always, even unto the end 
of the world." L'et us be faithful in the church, making 
diHgent use of the means of grace and we may be assured 
of a grand and blissful re-union and communion in the 
kingdom of glory beyond. The Lord grant it for His 
name's sake. Amen." 



REV. C. E. SANDT 

The Rev. C. E. Sandt, of Freemansburg, engaged at 
one time as a supply-pastor at this church, was present 
and also gave a few reminiscences. He referred especially 
to the privileges and advantag'es which we of the pres- 
ent day enjoy as compared with the hardships and priva- 
tions which our fore-fathers had to 'endure. If they with 
their comparitively scant means and few advantages did 
such a good work, what should not be expected of us 
with our superior advantages? "For unto whomsoever 
much is given, of him shall be much required : and to whom 
men have committed much, of him they will ask the 
more." Luke 12: 48. 



LIST OF MEMBERS 

OF THE 

REFORMED CONGREGATION 



ACHE, FRANK 
ACKER, WILLIAM 
ACKER, MARTHA 
ALGARD, MILTON A. 
ALGARD, ANNA R. 
ALGARD, TITUS 
ALGARD, ELLA 
ALGARD, SARAH 
ANDERS, CHARLES 
ANDERS, C. CLINTON 
ANDERS, SIMON W. 
ANDERS, ALICE. MAUD 
ANDERS, AARON 
ANDERS, LUCINDA 
ANDERS, MARY JANE 
ARNOLD, EMMA 
ARNOLD, HARVEY 
ARNOLD, MARY 

BACHMAN, BEETA 
BACHMAN, WILLIAM 
BACHMAN, JACOB H. 
BACHMAN, MILTON . 
BACHMAN, JOHN 
BEIDLER, PETER 
BEIDLER, CLARA E. 
BEIDLER, TILLIE E. 
BENNER, AMANDUS 
BENNER, ISABELLA 
BENNER, VALERIA 
BERGENSTOCK, SALLIE 
BERGSTRESSER, ELLEN L 
EOEHM, DAVID 
BOEHM, MARY 
liOEHM, WILLIAM H. 
I'RADER, HENRY 
BRADER. LUCETTA 



BRADER, B. F. 
BRADER, HELEN R. 
BRADER, ALVIN 
BRADER, ABBIE 
BRIERLY, SARAH 
BRIERLY, JAMES 
BROADIIEAD, AGNES 
BEERS, CLARA \. 
BEERS, L. CORA 

CAMPBELL, AMELIA 
CASE, ELLEN J. 
CHRIST, ELLEN 
CLAY, ANNA 

DERR, ELMINA 
DIEHL, JOHN 

EHRHART, SARAH 
EHRHART, H. J. V. 
EHRHART, HARVEY K. 
E1SENIL\RT, ELMINA 
EISENHiVRT, ELLEN A. 
EISENHART, MATILDA 
EISENHART, EMMA 



FEHR, JACOB 
FERN, SYLVANUS 
FERN, LILY P. 
FOG EL, MARY ANN 
FOGEL, CHARLES P. 
FRANKENFIELD, AMOS O. 
FRANKENFIELD, IDA S. 
FREDERIC, MARY M. 
FREDERIC, ROBERT E. 
FREDERIC, MARY J. 



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GROSS, 


ALFRED E 


GROSS. 


IDA 


GROSS, 


AMELIA 


GROSS, 


HENRY W. 


GROSS, 


EMMA 


GROSS, 


JOSEPH B. 


GROSS, 


KATE 


GROSS, 


SALLIE A. 


GROSS, 


MILTON 


GROSS, 


LILY 


GROSS, 


DAVID A. 



HARTMAN, ELIZABETH R. 
HARTMAN, MARY J. , 
HEFT, KA.TE 
HEFT, HELENA 
HELLER, ISABELLA 
HENN, LUCY A. 
HESS, BENJAMIN 
HESS, ELLEN 
HETRICK, JESSE 
HETRICK, MARIA 
HETRICK, HARVEY 
HETRICK, VESTA S. 
HOFFMAN, DAVID G, 
HOFFMAN, SARAH 
HORN, SARAH 
HUBER, HENRY 
HUBER, LYDIA 

KAISERMAN, B. 
KAISERMAN, MARY 
KAISERMAN, KATIE 
KAISERMAN, SALLIE 
KAUFFMAN, SAMUEL 
KAUFFMAN, ANNA 
KAUFFMAN, LEVI 
KAUFFMAN, ANNA M. 
KAUFFMAN, J. O. 
KAUFFMAN, BENJAMIN 
KAUFFMAN, DIANA 
KAUFFINIAN, A. S. J. 
KEMERER, DAISY 
KOCH, DANIEL 



LAMBERT, ELI 
LAMBERT, PAULINA 
LAMBERT, HOWARD L 
LEITH, SARAH 
LEITH, JOHN J. 

MACK, J. S. 
MOHR, MILTON 
MOLL, FRANCIS 
MOLL, ALAMINTA 
MOTHS, HENRY 
MOTHS, ANNA 
MOTHS, AMOS J. 
MOTHS, LILY P. 
McCARTY, L. J. 

RILEY, A. 
RICE, JOHN 
RICE, PETER 
RICE, MARY E. 
RICE, ROBERT 
RICE, EMELINE 
RINKER, JAMES M. 
RINKER, EMELINE 
RINKER, NEWTON W. 
RINKER, HOWARD F. 
RINKER. ELLA M. 
RINKER, HENRY A. 
RINKER. ALLEN 
RINKER, CHRISTIANA 
ROBERTS, ALFRED 
ROBERTS, ALICE C. 
ROTH, MARTIN 
ROTH, CELIA 
ROTHROCK, JOSEPH 
ROTHROCK, REBECCA 
RUCH, F. B. 
RUFE. ERWIN 
RUFE, MATILDA 
RUFE, CLINTON S. 

SAMES, IDA 
SCHAEFFER, ANNIE 
SGHAEFFER, FIETTA 
SCHEETZ, WILLIAM 



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SELLERS, O. B. 
SELLERS, SARAH A. 
SMITH. HARVEY P. 
STAHL, ISABELLA 
STAHL. MARY 
STOUT. ELNORA. 
SWARTZ. HENRY G. 
SWARTZ, ALICE 

THOMAS, JOHN 
THOMAS. ISABELLA 
TRANSUE, PRESTON U. 
TROUTMAN, ELLA 

WAMBOLD, MARY 
WEAVER, JOHN W. 
WEAVER, JOHN M. 
WEAVER, MINNIE 
WEAVER, ELIZA 
WEAVER, ELMER M. 
WEAVER. CHAKLES 
WEAVER, MARIA 
WEIERBACH, JOSEPH S. 



WEIERBACH, ALICE 
WEISS, ANDREW 
WEISS, JOHN H. 
WEISS, ALBERT J. 
WEISS. SYLVESTER 
WEISS, JAMES 
WEISS, SARAH 
WEISS, PRESTON 
WEISS, JAMES H. 
WEISS, CARRIE N. 
WIDRIG, HENRY N. 
WIDRIG, MARY A. 
WIMMER, J. C. 
WIMMER, MINNIE C. 
WIMMER, SALLIE 

YEAGER, HARLEY P. 
YEAGER. SALLIE 
YONS, JESSE 

ZIEGENPUSS. JOHN 
ZIEGENFUSS. ELIZA 



LIST OF MEMBERS 

OF THE 

LUTHERAN CONGREGATION. 



ACHEY, ELIZABETH 
ACHEY, HANNAH L. 
ACHEY, CARRIE L. 
ACHEY, OSCAR 
ANDREWS, CHARLES 
ANDREWS, MARY M. 
ANDREWS. BARKS J. 
ANDREWS, HARRY E. 
APPLE, CATHARINE 
APPLE, MINNIE C. 
ARNOLD, TILGHMAN 
ARNOLD, BELINDA E. 
ARNOLD, FRED. T. 
ARNOLD, EMMA V. 
ARNOLD, HANNAH 
ARNOLD, ADDIE M. 
ARNOLD, SABILLA 
ARNOLD, SUSANNAH 
ARNOLD, VALERIA 
ARNOLD, JOSEPH 
ARNOLD, ABRAHAM 
ARNOLD, JENNIE 

BACHMAN, DAVID 
BACHMAN, CHARLES O. 
BACHMAN, LIZZIE E. 
BACHMAN, SARAH 
BACHMAN, GEO. W. 
BACHMAN, MARIETTA 
BAKER, ELLEN 
BEALER, JOHN G. 
BEALER, ANNA 
BEALER, MARY 
BECK, WILLIAM 
BECK, MATILDA 
BECK, ISABELLA 
BEIDBLMAN, ELIZA 



BENNER, CHARLES 
BENNER, JONAS E. 
BENNER, JAMES 
BENNER, ELMIRA 
BIGOT, AMANDA 
BIGOT, CLARENCE 
BINDEWALT, SUSAN 
BINDEWALT, HANNAH 
BOECHLIN, WILLIAM 
BOYER, AMELIA J. 
BOYER, MARY M. 
BOYER, PERCY A. ' 
BRAUCHER, SARAH 
BRiNKER, LUCINDA N. 
BRUNNBR, THOMAS 
BUCK, EMMA 

CAMPBELL, JACOB 
CAMPBELL, SARAH 
CAMPBELL, MARY E. 
CLAY, JOHN 
CLESS, CHARLES 
CLESS, ALBERT 
CLESS, SARAH 
CLESS, JENNIE L. 
CLESS, KATIE L. 
CLONINGER, SARAH 
CLAUSER, LIZZIE S. 
COPE, JOHN J. 
COPE, ESTELLA 
CHRIST, JOHN 
CHRIST, WILLIAM 

DICKERT, SUSAN 
DIEHL, VALERIA 
DIEHL, ESSIE 
DIMMICH, ADAM 



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LUTHERAN MEMBERS 



DIMMICH, SARAH 
DIMMICH, B. F. 
DIMMICH, SARAH 
DIMMICH, MARY 
DIMMICH, NAOMI 
DIMMICH, MYRTLE 
DIMMICH, JOHN 
DIMMICH, LENA 
DIMMICH, HAROLD F. 
DIMMICH, ROSA 
DIMMICH, ANNIE M. 
DIMMICH, WILSON 
DIMMICH, ALLEN 
DIMMICH, SARAH 
DIMMICH, SUSAN 
DIMMICH, MAGDALENA 
DIMMICH, ANNA 
DOTTERER, JOHN 
DOTTERER, LUCINDA 
DOUGHERTY, JOHN N. 
DOUGHERTY, IDA 
DURN, SALLIE 
DURN, KATIE 
DURN, MAGGIE 
DURN, TILLIE 

EGOLF, GEORGE 
EGOLF, MARY 
EGOLF, WILLIAM 
EGOLF, EMMA 
EGOLF, WILLIAM E. 
EGOLF, ASHER H. 
EHRHART, SARAH 
EICHELBERGER, HANNAH 
EISENHART, BENJ. S. 
EISENHART, ELIZABETH R, 
EISENHART, HIRAM 
EISENHART, WAYNE 
EISENHART, ROBERT H. 
EISENHART, VALERIA M. 
EISENHART, LUTHER 
EISENHART, WALLACE 
EISENHART, HENRY S. 
EISENHART, ELMINA 
EISENHART, HENRY 



EISENHART, ERWIN 
EISENHART, ELMER C. 
EISENHART, LOVILLA 
EISENHART, MOSES 
EISENHART, CATHARINE 
EISENHART, WILLIAM 
EISENHART, NATHANIEL 
ERDMAN, CORA 
ERDMAN, ROBERT 
ERDMAN, ESTELLA 

FABIAN, LILLIE 
FABIAN, NELLIE 
FEHR, HANNAH 
FOGEL, JOHN 
FUERSTBNO, EMIL 
FUERSTENO, HANNAH 
FUERSTENO, THOMAS E. 
FUERSTENO, JONAS. 

GABEL, HARVEY S. 
GABEL, LAURA 
GABEL, ELSIE 
GANGEWERE, B. F. 
GANGEWERE, ROSA 
GIFFERT, GEORGE 
GIFFERT, SARAH 
GIFFERT, JOHN 
GIFFERT, OSCAR G. 
GIFFERT, EMMA 
GROSS, TOBIAS 
GROSS, TILLIE 
GROSS, HENRY 
GROSS, WILLIAM 
GROSS, JACOB D. 
GROSS, ANNIE 
GROSS, HARVEY 
GROSS, WESTON 
GROSS, CHARLES 
GROSS, FRANK 
GROSS, MRS. FRANK 
GROW, WILLIAM 
GROW, ADALINE 



LUTHEEAN MEMBERS 



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HARTMAN, DAVID 
HARTMAN, JACOB O. 
HARTMAN, CARRIE 
HELLER, CHARLES B. 
HENNINGER, SAMUEL 
HENNINGER, SALLIE A. 
HENNINGER, CAROLINE 
HESS, EMMA 
HERSH, JOHN 
HERSH, KATIE 
HERSH, OTTO 
HERSH, MARY 
HILLEGAS, FRANZ 
HILLEGAS, THERESA 
HILLEGAS, DANIEL 
HILLEGAS, EMMA 
HILLEGAS, LIZZIE S. 
HOFFMAN, DANIEL 
HOFFMAN, CLEMENTINE 
HOTTLE, ENOS 
HOTTLE, SUSANNAH 
HOTTLE, W. W. 
HOTTLE, JOHN 
HOTTLE, LEVI 
HOTTLE, ELIZABETH 
HOTTLE, EMALINDA 
HUBER, SARAH 
HUBER, EDWIN L. 
HUBER, GEORGE 

JAMEY, ISAAC 
JAMEY, MRS. ISAAC 
JAMEY, W. H. 
JAMEY, SALLIE C. 

KISTLER, MARY E. 
KAISERMAN, MARIA 
KLINKER, THEODORE 
KLINKER, MRS. THEODORE 
KLINKER, FLORENCE 
KLOTZ, ABRAHAM 
KLOTZ, KATIE 
KLOTZ, MRS. FRANK 
KOCH, DAVID 
KOCH, ANNIE 



KOCH, SYLVANUS 
KOCH, MARY 
KOCH, JOHN S. 
KOCH, DAVID S. 
KOCH. EMMA L. 
KUNKLE, WM. A. 
KUNKLE, DELILAH 

LAUDENSLAGER, EMMA 
LEITH, CHARLES E. 
LEITH, MATILDA 
LEITH, JACOB 
LEITH, EDVIN 
LEITH, ELIZABETH 
LEITH, REUBEN 
LEITH, WILLIAM 
lElTH, JACOB 
LEITH, ANNIE E. 
LEITH, EDWIN C. 
LEITH, ELMER 
LEITH, MINNIE C. 
LEiTH, LAURA C. 
LITZ, FREDERICK 
LITZ, REUBEN 
LITZ, BENJAMIN 
LITZENBERGER, FRANK 
LORENZ, CHRISTIANA 

MANN, JENNIE 
MARTIN, SARAH 
MATTES, SAFRON 
MATTES, JOHN 
MATZ, SARAH 
MESSER, PETER 
MESSER, MRS. PETER 
MASTELLER, WILSON F. 
MASTELLER, AMELIA 
MASTELLER, SARAH 
MASTELLER, ELMINA 
MASTELLER, WM. H. 
MASTELLER, WAYNE 
MILLER, WASHINGTON 
MILLER, MARIA 
MILLER, CARRIE 
MILLER, RIGA 



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MILLER, ANNIE 
MILLER, WILLIAM 
MILLS, WALTER E. 
MILLS, ALICE 
MOHR, ALFRED H. 
MOHR, EMMA 
MOHR, MAGDALENE 
MOTHS, WILLIAM 
MOTHS, KATIE 
MOTHS, ERWIN 
MOTHS, DAISY 
MOTHS, EMMA 
MOYER, GEORGE 
MOYER, ELLEN 
MOYER, EMMA 
MOYER, CLINTON W. 
MOYER, LAURA J. 
MOYER, HERBERT 
MUSCHLITZ, MARTIN 
MUSCHLITZ, MRS. MARTIN 
MUSCHLITZ, ROBERT F. 
MUSCHLITZ, HENRY 
MUSCHLITZ, HARRY J. 
MUSCHLITZ, MINNIE 
MUSCHLITZ, WILLIAM 
MUSCHLITZ, TILLIE 
MUSSELMAN, WILLIAM 
MUSSELMAN, SUSAN 
MUSSELMAN, HENRY 
MUSSELMAN, EZEKIAH 
MUSSELMAN, ELIZABETH 
MUSSELMAN, ALVIN 
MUSSELMAN, SALLIE 

PFEIFFER, PHILIP 
PFEIFFER, CHRISTIAN 
PFEIFFER, WILLIAM 
PEARSON, ALFRED 
PEARSON, AMANDA 

RENNINGER, SALLIE M. 
REED, EMMA 
RIEGER, ELIZABETH 
RIEGER, FRED. 
RIEGER, CATHARINE 



RIEGER, ANNIE 
RINKER, JOSEPH 
RINKER, ELIZA 
RINKER, ANNA 
ROTHROCK, SALLIE ANN 
ROTHROCK, BENJ. F. 
ROTHROCK, ROBERT S. 
ROTHROCK, AMANDA 
ROTHROCK, EMMA 
ROTHROCK, SARAH 
ROTHROCK, HOWARD C. 
RUCH, EMMA 
RUCH, MABEL 
RUMFELD, JOHN 
RUMFELD, IDA 
RUlMFELD, ARTA 
REILLY, LOVINE F. 
REILLY, EMMA G. 
REISS, AMELIA 
, REIHMAN, FRED. W. 
REIHMAN, CHARLES J. 

SACHS, SALLIE 
SCHATZ, HENRY 
SCHATZ, ADELHEID 
SCHATZ, NATHANIEL 
SCHATZ, YOUWARKEE 
SCHATZ, LOUIS S. 
SCHAEFFER, E. W. 
SCHAEFFER, MARY 
SCHAEFFER, AMANDA S. 
SCHAEFFER, CHARLES 
SCHAEFFER, MARY A. 
SCHAEFFER, WILLIE C. 
SCHAEFFER, ELMER R. 
SCHEETZ, MARY A. 
SHELLY, ERWIN 
STEPHENS, ALICE 
SMITH, AGNES 
SNYDER, ANNIE 
SCHLOYER, EMMA 
SCHLOYER, JENNIE 

TRANSUE, J. A. 
TRANSUE, LIZZIE 



LUTHEEAN MEMBERS 



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TRANSUB, EMERY P. WEAVER, 

TROUTMAN, CASPER WEAVER, 

TROUTMAN, FRANK WEAVER, 

TROUTMAN, CHARLES P. WEAVER, 

TROUTMAN, SARAH WEAVER, 

TROUTMAN, GEORGE WEAVER, 

TROUTMAN, MARY WEAVER, 

WEAVER, 

WAGNER, L. H. WEAVER, 

WAGNER, SARAH WEAVER, 

WAGNER, LEO WEAVER, 

WAGNER, CARRIE C. WEAVER, 

WAMBOLD, EZEKIAH WEAVER, 

WAMBOLD, OWEN WEAVER, 

WAMBOLD, CHARGES V. WEAVER, 

WAMBOLD, HARVEY A. WEAVER, 

WAMBOLD, LIZZIE D. WEAVER, 

WAMBOLD, ROBERT W. WEAVER, 

WEAVER, MAURICE WEAVER, 
WEAVER, DAVID 



MARY ANN 
MORRIS 
KATIE 
ALBERT G. 
NATHAN 
ELIZA 
FRANK 
QUINTUS 
PETER G. 
WILSON G. 
EMMA L. 
WILLIAM E. 
VICTOR D. 
HANNAH 
MRS. E. M. 
WALLACE E. 
WILLIAM 
ELIZA 
MILTON 



PART II 




Mr. George Boehin, (VI), while in Hnrope some years since met a 
gentleman by tlie name of Hoelim. who gave him a die such 
as is used on their stationery. Without claiming any histor- 
ical value for the same ; its face is here re-produced in 
an enlarged form. The descendenls of the brave 
pioneer John Philip Boehm might well adopt 
this device as their own. 



THE 



BOEHM FAMILY 



A SKETCH OF THE LIFE 



OF 



REV. JOHN PHILIP BOEHM 

BY REV. WILSON F. MORE, A. M., 

OF CATASAUQUA, PA. 



Dearly Beloved: 

The pastor of this congregation has seen fit to assign 
to m'e, a descendant of the Rev. John Philip Boehm, the 
task of preparing a sketch of the life of this pioneer pastor 
of the Reformed Church in Pennsylvania, to b'e read on 
this occasion. I have attempted, to the best of my 
ability, to comply with this request, and have found it to 
be a most pleasant, and yet a most difficult task. 

To tell the story of those v^ho, in the early days toil- 
ed and suffered for our sake; to rescue from undeserved 
oblivion those who, though rich in good works, yet lived 
untrumpeted and died unsung; to discover that our ances- 
try were worthy of an exalted place in the ''Temple of 
Fame ;" to give honor to whom honor is due ; who would 
not delight in a task like this? And this is what I am 
called upon to do for our noble ancestor, John Philip 
Bo'ehm. Would that I could accomplish my labor of love 
with a richer measure of success. The difficulty of our 
task results from the meagerness of the records.* 

The Reformed Church in this State has grown to large 
proportions. From small beginnings, it has come to 
number no less than one hundred and twenty-five thou- 
sand souls. The wilderness has come to blossom as the 
rose, but we are largely left to conjecture how this mar- 
velous change has come about. All over eastern Penn- 
sylvania We find evidences of the abundant labor and he- 
— , _^— _— ..^.^— ^^^^-^— — ^— 

* [Note.] — I desire to acknowledge my indebtedness to Harbaugh's " lyives of the 
Fathers," Vol. I., Dubbs' "Historic Manual of the Reformed Church," and Vol. III. 
of the " American Church History" series: and also to my friend, the Rev. John 
Wolbach, for valuable assistance in collecting the material from these and other 
sources. WII,SON F. MORK. 

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72 THE BOEHM FAMILY 

roic self-denials of our fore-fathers. Gilgal memorials 
abound everywhere, but we look in vain for the 'elders to 
explain to us what these things mean. Our ancestors 
were men of action rather than men of words, but 
though actions speak louder than words, yet the his- 
torian finds it a difficult task to interpret their language 
to the satisfaction of succe'eding generations. This has 
been my difficulty. 

I am sure that Father Boehm, like St. Paul, must have 
been in labor abundant, in journeyings often, in p'erils of 
water, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the wilderness, 
in perils among false brethren, in weariness and painful- 
n'ess, in watchings, often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings 
often, besides those things that came upon him daily in 
the care of all the churches, but there is very Httle in the 
way of records to prove that these things were so. This 
little we have tried to gather and offer it to you to-day. 

Concerning the date and place of birth of John Philip 
Boehm, w'e have no information. Nor do we knOw any- 
thing of the character and circumstances of his parents 
and the educational advantages which they were able to 
give their son. It is probable that his birth occurred 
som'e time between the years 1680 and 1690 and Har- 
baugh in his "Lives of the Fathers" tells us that he came 
to this country from the Palatinate ; from which we may 
perhaps conclude that that was the land of his birth. 
When he came to America, not later than 1720, he bore 
with him "testimonials that he had been for about seven 
years a faithful parochial school-teacher and precentor in 
the Reformed Church of the city of Worms, and that he 
was driven thence by the Roman Catholics for holding 
the Reformed faith." 

These testimonials, read in the light of the laws and 
customs of those days, bear eloquent witness to the talents 
and attainm'ents of John Philip Boehm. 

The German school-master and precentor was a person 
of much importance. The laws of the coimtry requirecl 



KEV. JOHN PHILIP BOEHM TO 

that he be well qualified to discharge the duties of his 
position. H'e had to teach the common branches, read- 
ing, writing, spelling, composition and arithmetic. He 
must be a musician, competent to play the pipe organ and 
to train his pupils to sing the chorals of the church in the 
public services of the congregation, leading the singing 
somewhat like the church choirs do in our time. Be- 
sides this he was required to teach the catechism, scripture 
passages and Christian hymns, and this part of his work 
was under the supervision and subject to the examination 
of the pastor of the congregation. The fact that Boehm 
was such a school-master and that he did his work in 
such a manner and with such effect that his brethren 
in the faith were willing to testify to his faithfulness and 
that his enemies did him the honor of persecution, and 
the further fact that he was able to conduct correspon- 
dence in Dutch, in German and in Latin, and could hold 
his own in controversy with shrewd and learned oppo- 
nents, all this taken together would seem to justify fully 
the estimate of the historian that he was a man of extra- 
ordinar}'^ energy, extensive influence and, we may add, at 
least a fair measure of education. 

Driven from his native land by fierce persecution. Prov- 
idence led him to the wilds of Pennsylvania where such 
as he were greatly needed and where he filled the measure 
of his eminently useful life. 

He took up his residence in Whitpain Township, then 
in Philadelphia, but now in Montgomery County, in the 
neighborhood of the pres'ent Boehm's church. 

It was not known whether Boehm ever taught school 
in this country, but it is certain that he soon became a lead- 
er in th'e community and that he was universally recogniz- 
'ed as a man of eminent piety. His countrymen in Penn- 
sylvania were in pitiable destitution. They had informal- 
ly established congregations at various points, but had 
no ordained ministers to supply them with the ministra- 
tions of the ofospel. They hungered and thirsted for th'e 
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74 THE BOEHM FAMILY 

Word as the hart panteth for the water brooks. Especial- 
ly was this the case when death entered their abodes. 
They longed for the consolations of religion. They 
appealed to Boehm, the pious school-master. He hesi- 
tated because he believed it to be against the order of the 
Reform'ed Church. They plead with him with tears to 
accept the call which was so manifestly providential. Be- 
fore the close of the year 1725 he yielded and, though 
unordained he became pastor at Falckn'er's Swamp, 
Skippack and White Marsh. The following is a copy 
of the constitution which he prepared for these con- 
gregations in 1725, viz: — 

" (It is agreed) that all the members of th'e consistory 
now in service in all the three villages shall be recognized 
and remain in their office for their appointed term. Then 
all the members of the congregation shall, with the minis- 
ter and the rest of the consistory, choose new members 
of the consistory. But at the same time all the members 
of the congregation shall transfer, each to his own con- 
sistory, all power and right henceforth, to choose the 
consistory from year to year by a majority vote ; since, 
through the increase and spreading abroad of the con- 
gregation, it is not practicable for all the members to 
meet just for this purpose. The persons chosen shall 
be propounded for three Sundays each in his congrega- 
tion, to see if any one makes any lawful objection ; and if 
not, they shall b'e ordained at the third announcement. 

"If it should happen (as we hope it will not) that one 
or more of the consistorial persons should walk disorder- 
ly, or create strife and division in the congregations, he or 
they shall be timely wanted by the rest, to give over such 
courses ; and if they will not comply, they shall be put out 
of their offices; and others shall be chosen in their places 
of such as have last been in service, and be regularly or- 
dained and then serve. And so in case any one dies in 
office. 



REV. JOHN PHILIP BOEHM 75 

"When any Elder or Deacon goes out of office, he 
shall b'e exempt for two years and then may again be 
chosen; or even earlier, if it be deemed necessary by the 
consistory for the time being. The Minister, Elders, 
and Deacons and th'e whole congregation shall determine 
the time when, on the Lord's day and other days, and 
the places where, divine services shall be held. 

"The rite of Baptism shall always be administered, 
without a fee, at the close of worship. Besides the Eld- 
ers there shall be witnesses at the baptism ; and this edi- 
fying custom shall not b'e lightly altered. The witnesses 
must be sound in doctrine and blameless in life. 

"The Holy Supper shall be administered twice a year 
in each place where public worship is maintained. No 
one shall b'e admitted unless upon confession before the 
consistory and the evidence of an upright life, or upon 
proper testimonials from other Reformed congregations, 
according to the Church order of the Synod of Dort, 
anno 1618 and 16 19. All the members shall constantly, 
as th'ey are able, attend worship and appear at the pre- 
paratory-sermon ; and those who neglect this shall be 
spoken to by the consistory as they shall judge necessary. 
The old shall diligently instruct the young in the Reform- 
ed religion and thereunto shall carefully provide for their 
h'earing God's Word in preaching and catechizing ; so that 
the young may also come to the Lord's table. All the 
members of the three congregations shall have the right 
to commune in any one of them, no lawful hindrance 
existing, so long as they have the same minister. 

"The bread and wine for the Lord's Supper shall al- 
ways be provided by the Deacons ; who shall also collect 
and disburse the alms, and make faithful account of th'e 
same. The members of the consistory, whether Elders 
or Deacons, to whom the church chest and property are 
entrusted, shall annually make account of their admin- 
istration before the congregation, and for this purpose 



76 THE BOEHM FAMILY 

shall keep a true record of receipts and expenditures. 
And the account when approved, shall be signed by the 
minister, in the name of all, as satisfactory. 

"In order to meet the necessities of the church, the 
Deacons shall always collect the alms at the "end of the 
service. 

"If any member, male or female, falls into lewdness, 
such shall be under censure of the consistory until th'ey 
promise and give evidence of amendment. 
"The office and duty of the Minister shall be to preach 
the pure doctrine of the Reformed Church according to 
God's Word, and to administer the Seals of the Covenant 
at the proper time and place, to adhere strictly to the Con- 
fession of Faith of the Reformed Church, to explain in 
order the Heidelberg Catechism and to catechise and with 
the elders to exercise discipline. He shall not without 
necessity, omit to hold service at the prescribed time and 
place at Falkner's Swamp, Skippack and White Marsh. 

"A consistory shall be held at least every half year, 
and the Minister shall record all ecclesiastical proceedings 
in a book. 

"And if he should be inclined to go away, whether be- 
cause called elsewhere or for other lawful reasons, he shall 
as soon as practicable, give the congregations notice, so 
that they may not be left in distress, but may seasonably 
provide another suitable man. The minister, also, shall 
in all other things bear himself as becomes a true ser- 
vant of Christ, under Him, the Great Shepherd of the 
sheep. 

"The Minister, Elders and Deacons shall maintain a 
careful oversight of the congregation, and shall appear 
at the appointed time and place to hold consistory, nor 
omit the same without ample cause. They shall, to the 
best of their ability, faithfully execute the foregoing} 
orders, each according to his office. Whoever knows of 
any offense committed by one of the consistory, or by 



BEV. JOHN PHILIP BOEHM W 

any other member shall fe'el bound in conscience to make 
it known, not through malice or hatred, but to remove 
scandal. The accused person shall not demand the name 
of his accuser, nor obstinately deny his proved faults, nor 
wickedly continue therein; such as do shall be disowned 
as members of the congregation till they promise and 
show amendment of life. 

"And if any one allege anything against the doctrine 
or life of the minister, or of any member of the consis- 
tory, or of any other member, they shall abstain from 
everything injurious or slanderous, and not avenge them- 
selves, but refer the matter to the consistory, who shall 
be bound to use all diligence to remove the scandal." 

Other articles in this constitution refer to local con- 
ditions. It was undoubtedly the earliest form of dis- 
cipline adopted by the German Reformed Congregations 
in America. 

In September 1727, George Michael Weiss, an or- 
dained minister, was sent to this country by the "Upp'er 
Consistory or Classis of the Palatinate." His presence 
in Pennsylvania renewedly directed attention to the fact 
that John Philip Boehm was performing ministerial 
functions, unordained. Boehm and his friends sought 
advice from the Classis of Amsterdam, and this was the 
beginning of the intimate relations between the churches 
in Pennsylvania and the Church of Holland. The classis 
of Amsterdam, after duly considering the matter, declared 
all the ministerial acts of Boehm to be valid, but that he 
must be "ordained to the ministry according to ec- 
clesiastical usage." Boehm, having complied with all 
the conditons. was accordingly ordained in New York 
on November 23, 1729. He thereupon continued his 
labors in his own congregations and also in other places 
throughout the province. As early as 1734. he preach- 
ed for the Reformed in Philadelphia in a house Vr'hich 
they had rented jointly with the Lutherans. It was in 
connection with the work here that Boehm became in- 



7P THE BOEHM FAMILY 

volved in controversy with Count Zinzendorf who en- 
deavored to draw Boehm and his people into a re-unionis- 
tic movement. 

On the first of August 1746, Michael Schlatter arrived 
in Pennsylvania, having been sent here as missonary su- 
perintendent, by the church in the Fatherland; and 
Boehm fell in heartily with Schlatter's mission and work, 
lending him all possible assistance with his influence and 
personal activity. He frequently accompanied Schlatter 
on his missionary journeys, visiting the places where 
Boehm had already laid the foundations of future con- 
gregations. He assisted him in preaching and adminis- 
tering the sacraments. By Schlatter's request he visited 
distant congregations, as ''Tulpehocken, Magunchy, 
Egypt, Jordan and other settlements." 

Boehm continued to preach in Philadelphia and G'er- 
mantown until 1747, when at his own request, owing to 
the growing infirmities of old age, he was reHeved by 
Schlatter whom he solemnly installed as his successor. 
In September of the same year, he served as the stated 
clerk of the first German Reformed Synod in Philadelphia. 

Confining now his labors to a narrow circle, he con- 
tinued zealous for Christ and the Church up to the day of 
his death which occurred on May i, 1749, at the house 
of his eldest son, in Hellertown, Pa., where he had stopped 
on his way home from the Egypt congregation, having 
administered communion there the day before. 

At his home in Whitpain, he had first preached in his 
own house. This continued until 1740 when a small stone 
church was built on the spot where the present Boehm's 
church stands. With his own hands John Philip Boehm, 
assisted in erecting that primitive house of God. Within 
the sacred precincts of this church, his remains were 
buried. It is not known who conducted the funeral 
services. Schlatter was abs'ent on a missionary tour at 
the time but, on his return, he preached a eulogistic 
memorial discourse. 



REV. JOHN PHILIP BOEHM 79 

Of Father Boehm's temporal circumstances and of his 
descendants another will give a sufficient account. We 
will simply add that he carried on an extensive corres- 
pondence and that it was his custom to preserve carefully 
all letters, documents and records which pertained to 
the business of the church. For the preservation of 
these valuable papers, he had a larg*e iron-bound chest. 
After his death, this chest passed from one to another 
of his descendants until at last it found its way into the 
garret of a house on Third Street, Philadelphia. Its 
history was forgotten and its contents, unappreciated, 
were eventually destroyed. In the words of Harbaugh, 
"there is no use in 'either weeping or growing indignant. 
The folly has been perpetrated ! It was a small trouble 
and required little wit and wisdom, to burn those records 
of historical facts, but no amount of pains and research 
can ever restore them to the church." Whoso readeth, 
let him understand. 

This is about all that the records have preserved for us 
concerning the life and labors of our honored ancestor, 
the Rev. John Philip Boehm. It is but a meagre story 
of an eminently useful life. It is sufficient however to 
warrant several reflections. 

First, — Father Boehm did not despair of small begin- 
nings. He thought it worth his while to give attention 
to a few, widely scattered brethren of the faith. He 
gathered the fragments chat nothing be lost. He sought 
out the few; watched oVer them; ministered unto them. 
It is the old story of faithfulness in little things. Yet 
this careful attention to small beginnings gave perma- 
nent value to the life of Father Boehm ; for when God 
called His faithful servant to come up higher, the work 
went on gathering strength with passing years, until it 
reached the grand proportions that xVe see to-day. 

Second. — Father Boehm had a high regard for sacred 
things. Witness the reluctance with which Ire, unordain- 
ed, assumed ministerial functions. Fools rush in where 



80 THE BOEHM FAMILY 

angels fear to tread. Nothing but the direst necessities 
and the most urgent entreaties of his destitute country- 
men could induce the school-master, John Phihp Boehm, 
to assume the functions of the sacred office. When the 
opportunity for ordination came, though it was coupled 
with the strictest conditions, he willingly submitted to 
the laying on of hands, solemnly pledging himself to be 
guided in all his ministrations by the symbols and ordi- 
nances of the church. 

Third. — Father Boehm beli'eved in law and order. This 
appears from the foregoing, but no less also from his 
correspondence with Zinzendorf and Antes, and from 
th'e constitution which he prepared for the government 
of the congregation over which he presided, which con- 
stitution appears elsewhere in this work. This also was 
a potent factor in giving perman'ency to the interests, in 
behalf of which he labored, and to which he devoted his 
life. 

Fourth. — In the Rev. John Philip Boehm, a most 
worthy character stands at the head of our ancestral line in 
America. A strong good man who served his day and 
generation well. His labors made for righteousness. 
He has long since entered into rest. Let successive gener- 
ations esteem it a privilege to cherish his memory and 
honor his name. And let us, his descendants, especially 
strive to prove ourselves worthy of the heritage, which 
his faithfulness, with God's blessing, has secured to us. 
No worship of ancestors do we commend, and none of 
that sickening pride of ancestory by which degenerate 
children disgust the world, but an unlifting purpose 

To live to learn their story, 

Who've suffered for our sake, 
To emulate their glory, 

And follow in their wake ; 
Bards, patriots, martyrs, sages, 
The noble of all ages, 
Whose deeds crowu history's pages 

And Time's great volume make. 

W. F. M. 




DAVID BOEHM 

In whose honor the Ke-Union of Apple's Church and the ISoehni 
Faiuilv was originally undertaken. 



THE BOEHM FAMILY 

The name of John Philip Boehm will live in history 
as that of the first Reformed minister in Pennsylvania, 
and one of the first in America. 

Such is the nature of history, that only after many 
years, do men begin to inquire into a man's life; where he 
lived, what he did, etc. 

In our day, family history is not so carefully preserved 
as in the days of the people of Isra'el. So carefully were 
the records kept in those days, that when Christ was 
born, St. Matthew could give his g'enealogy back to Abra- 
ham, and St. Luke traces it back to Adam, and this, too, 
in an age when writing and the keeping of records was 
far more difficult than in our day. 

A sufficient excuse, if one were needed, for presenting 
the history of the Boehm family in conn'ection with this 
re-union are the facts. 

First. — That Rev. John Philip Boehm, the founder of 
the family in this country, was one of the first land owners 
on the Saucon Creek, in what is now Lower Saucon 
Township and Hell'ertown, — the first tract which he 
bought being bounded on all sides by vacant or unseated 
lands. 

Second. — At least five able ministers of the Gospel — 
four Lutheran and one Reformed, have descended from 
this sturdy pioneer, a pioneer in church and state, — one 
of whom was the Rev. William Rath, for about thirty 
years a pastor of this church. 

Thirdly. — We have with us to-day, the oldest sur- 
vivor of this family, — a member of this church, in the per- 
son of Father David Boehm, familiarly known as "Dady" 
Boehm, and whose approaching birthday has partly 
brought about this gathering to-day. 

(81) 



82 THE BOEHM^FAMILY 

His pastor tells me that he had first thought of invit- 
ing a few of Father Boehm's friends with a view of cele- 
brating his birthday which comes to-morrow. But upon 
further reflection he concluded to get up a re-union of 
which all might have the benefit. A few words more, 
therefore, in passing, in regard to our friend David, who 
was born in Hellertown, September 15, 1812. 

He lived with his father Anthony, first in what is known 
as Dornbluser's house, and then at the corner house where 
I. Louis Nickum conducts a confectionery store at pre- 
sent. The building used as a tannery by Anthony still 
stands on the same lot and is now used — one end as a 
carpenter shop and the other as an ice-cream factory. 

When David was eight years old, his father left Heller- 
town and came to Apple's. Here h'e has lived ever since. 

As a boy, he went to school at Hellertown and later 
here. He learned the trade of a tanner from his father, 
and for many years carried on th'e business success- 
fully for himself. He takes pleasure in telHng his friends, 
that in all his business transactions, he never su'ed any 
man at law, neither was he ever sued by any one. As a 
young man of twenty-three, he took an active part in 
building this church. 

From that time to this, he has be'en a regular attend- 
ant at both the Reformed and Lutheran services, — being 
the only person now living who has enjoyed this privilege. 

His wife, (maiden name Hannah Solliday,) for a good 
part of this time shared this privilege with him. She 
was called to her rest January 27, 1892, almost seventy- 
four years old. 

We congratulate him to-day on the remarkable bless- 
ing of old age, vouchsafed to him by our Heavenly 
Father, on this auspicious re-union of a church he so 
much loves, and on this gathering of friends from near 
and far to offer congratulations, and trust this day may 



THE BOEHM FAMILY 83 

be associated with pleasant memories as long as he lives. 
With these introductory sentences I beg leave now to 
pass to the subject assigned me, viz: 

THE BOEHM FAMILY. 

We need not enter into the life of our first ancestor, the 
Rev. John Philip as his Hfe has already been laid before 
you by another speaker. Neither do we wish to speak 
of his property in Montgomery County, where as early 
as 1734 jUst one hundred years before this church was 
built, we find him in possession of two hundred acres of 
land, and where he lived to the end of his life in 1749, 
where he also founded a church, that still bears his name, 
— having to-day a membership of nearly three hundred 
and supporting its own pastor. Neither have we taken 
the pains to inquire into the presumably numerous pos- 
terity of the Reverend in Montgomery and Philadelphia 
counties, where five of his children, — one son and four 
daughters married and settled down, viz: Philip, the 
younger of his two sons, and his heir and successor in the 
old homestead, who afterwards resided in Philadelphia. 
Maria was married to Adam Moser; Elizabeth to George 
Shambo; Levina to Ludwig Bitting, and Phillippina to 
Cornehus Dewees. 

Thes'e all, and their descendants, wherever they may be, 
though kinsmen according to the flesh, we must for 
lack of time, dismiss from our present attention, trust- 
ing they have lived worthily of a noble ancestry. 

The death of Rev. Bo'ehm at the house of his eldest 
son, — long supposed to be his only son — ;in Hellertown, 
while there for the night on his way home from Egypt 
Church, where he had administered the Lord's Supper 
the day before, dying in the harness, as it were, has often 
led people to ask after the family in this neighborhood. 
It is this branch of the family only, as already intimated, 
we shall attempt to follow up in our sketch to-day 



H THE BOEHM FAMILY 

First, then the land on which the family gained a firm 
and permanent hold or footing, and which has bound them 
securely to this locality until they could no longer get 
away even if they tried to. So no doubt it was with 
the Apple's, the Leith's, and Weiss' and others. 

If the forefathers had not secured a good slice of land 
in the first place, thes'e families would not have obtained 
such a permanent home in these regions. Some of the 
old fathers laid their foundation deep and strong even 
though settled in th'e midst of a trackless wilderness. In 
1740, John Philip Boehm bought two hundred acres of 
land on the Saucon Creek, and covering a part of what 
is now^ Hellertown. In 1743 he bought another tract of 
one hundred and three acres, the location of which we 
have not positively identified. It may, and it may not 
have been in Upper Saucon Township. This land he had 
no doubt, spied out with a pioneer's eye, as a very desir- 
able tract. 

He paid for it to the Penns the sum of one-half p'enny 
(one cent) per acre annual rental. The eastern boundary 
of the two hundred acre tract was the Bethlehem Road, 
south to Water Street, from there west, and up the hill 
at Stever's two hundred and twelve perches, — then north 
one hundred and sixty perches, taking in most of the 
Riegel farms, — then east again to the Bethlehem Road. 

The lines went along vacant lands, showing that this 
was the first land taken up here. 

These two tracts, over three hundred acres. Father 
Boehm and Anna Maria, his wife, in 1747, conveyed and 
gave to their eldest son, Anthony William, (II), as the 
deed tells us, "For, and in consideration of the natural 
love and affection which th'ey have and do bear for and 
toward their said son, Anthony William Boehm, and for 
his better preferment in the world, and for divers other 
good causes, and considerations them specially mov- 
ing," etc. 



THE BOEHM FAMILY 86 

Anthony William died intestate, leaving a widow and 
only child Philip, (III), who inherited th'e said two tracts. 
Philip was the first to sell any of this land: December 5, 
1774, before the Revolution, he sold to Matthias Yost 
six acres and twenty perches of the two hundred acre 
tract and forty acres of the one hundred and three acre 
tract for £160, 14s 4d or about $800. — On June 20, 1780, 
he sold to Francis Plartman one hundred and twenty- 
seven acres, ninety-two perches, for £400, in three con- 
tiguous tracts in Upper Saucon Township. 

June 9, 1784, — after the Revolution, he sold thirty- 
one acres, sixty-nine perches, to Jacob Kram for £255 
gold and silver or about $1200. The next day, June 10, 

1784, to Jacob Ludwig twenty acres of the on'e hundred 
and three acre tract for £500, or $2500 lawful money of 
Pennsylvania. This may possibly have been continental 
money, and Mr. Ludwig, may have paid this high price 
for the land, to get rid of his continental money, for 
a family tradition tells us that Boehm had a chest full 
of this money on hand after it was worthless. 

Possibly some of his other purchasers to whom he sold 
right after the war, may have passed some of this money 
on him ; at any rate, although he received high prices for 
his land h'e was getting poorer all the time, even though 
his chests were filled with the money — the value of all 
his sales amounting to over $12000. On December 12, 

1785, he sold seventy acres of the two hundred acre tract 
to Jacob Kram for £658, gold and silver or over $3000. 
July 29, 1788, he sold five acres, eighty-eight perches to 
Jacob Roth for £137, los. March 6, 1792, to Anthony 
Boehm one acre, eighty-two p'erches for £140. This no 
doubt at the corner where I. Lewis Nickum conducts 
a confectionery store, the present owner being Dr. Wil- 
liam F. Detwill'er. On June 18, 1792 he sold two tracts of 
land to Jacob Haas, of Lower Saucon Township, saddler, 
No. I containing three acres twenty-seven perches, and 
No. 2 twelve acres, six perches, for £200. 



86 THE BOEHM FAMILY 

Philip died January lo, 1816, ag*ed sixty-nine years, 
and is buried at Lower Saucon Church. His wife, Anna 
Barbara, survived him for many years, remaining by stipu- 
lation w^ith the purchasers in the old home, the stone 
house is still standing on what is now the Geissinger farm. 

Philip had thre'e sons and one daughter, viz : Anthony, 
(IV), John, Philip and Susanna, vv^ho married Jacob 
Ochs. From this we see although Philip did not leave 
the family so well endowed with land, as his predecessors 
have done, he left it better endowed with children and 
from this time forth the family begins to increase rapidly 
in numbers, and to spread out in every direction. 

We have endeavored by the help of our friends to 
gather a list of succeeding generations. 

In many cases we can only give the names, not knowing 
anything of their history, in others we add nothing, as th'e 
parents are well known to many of my hearers. We give 
you the fruit of our labors for what it is worth. 

Anthony Boehm, (IV), married Catharine Hartman, 
grandmother to David Hartman of this place, a daughter 
of George Geissinger of near B'ethlehem. His residence 
at Dornbloser's then where the old tannery stands, and 
how he bought land from his father, for $700 and his 
residence at Apple's from the year 1820, has already 
been d'escribed. 

While still living, he gave his business in good part 
in his son David's hands. He died September 25, 1848, 
in his seventy-ninth year and is buried here at Appl'e's. 
A tombstone marks his resting place. In his Bible we 
find the words, "Anthony Boehm sein Buch, 'Der Herr 
segne mich, der Herr behiite mich. ' " 

His wife who died in 1845, i" her seventy-first year lies 
buried by his side. 

Anthony had five children, Mary Magdalene, (V), who 
married James More ; Susanna who marri'ed Jacob Rath ; 



THE BOEHM FAMILY 87 

Elizabeth who married John Diehl, and David and Solo- 
mon. 

James More whose father hved at what is now Ehr- 
hart's Mill was a miller by trade, and the father of six 
children, five of whom are still living, viz:— Thomas, 
of Philadelphia; Peter of South Bethlehem; William of 
Bethlehem Township; Mrs. Elizabeth Hummel of Phila- 
delphia, and James B. of Hellertown. 

Of the next generation we have with us to-day a son of 
William More of Bethlehem Township, the Rev. W. F. 
More, of Catasauqua, Pa. 

Mary Magdalene died October i, 1868, in her sixty- 
seventh year, and is buried with her husband at Lower 
Saucon Church. 

Susanna, (V), lived with her husband Jacob Rath (near 
here on Young's place) then Seidersville, and lastly where 
William A. Boehm now lives. Mr. Rath was one of the 
first board of deacons in Apple's church on the Lutheran 
side. His children were William, thirty years pastor at 
this church, and the father of Rev. Myron O. Rath of 
Allentown, (with us to-day, is also his mother formerly 
Christiana E. Snyder) Jacob B., also a Lutheran minister, 
the founder of Grace Lutheran Church, Bethlehem, Alex- 
ander, now in Jewell County, Kansas. Mary was married 
to William Boyer, Catharine to Francis Rodenbach, of 
Bushkill Township, Amanda died young, Emma was mar- 
ried to Reuben Hahn of Nazareth, Lucinda lives at Allen- 
town, Susanna was married to Joseph Keim of Bethlehem. 

Elizabeth, (V), lived in this vicinity with her husband 
John Diehl, who is still with us, residing in Leithsville. 
She died in her fifty-ninth year and is buried here at Ap- 
ple's. Their children were Catharine, who died in youth, 
Isabella was married to Col. Edward T. Hess, and Wil- 
liam died young. 

David, (V), married Hannah Solliday. Their children 
are Mary, (VI), who resides with her father, William, 



88 THE BOEHM FAMILY 

who lives at Coopersburg, and Isabella who was married 
to Amandus Benner and lives in this vicinity. 

Solomon, (V), married Juliana Merkle, and lives at 
Seidersville. Their children were Wilson, Preston, and 
Clarissa, who was married to Albert Keck. 

The children of John, (IV), were Charl'es, (V), Henry 
Levi, Isreal, Jonas, Mary Seifert, Hannah Wheeler, Re- 
becca Hammeck and Henrietta Werst. 

Charles, (V), married Martha Ann Dornbloser. Their 
children were John J., George F., Oliver D. and Henry, 

The children of Henry, (V), are John, Milton, Thomas 
M., George, Harry, Horace, Annie, Mrs. Mease, Laura, 
and Susanna, 

Levi, (V), had four children, viz: Jacob, Lizzie, Minnie 
and Mary. 

Isreal, (V), had four children, viz : Robert, Isaac, Mary 
and Lizzie. 

Jonas, (V), had eight girls, viz: Isabella, Hannah, 
Catharine, Sarah, Alice, Susan, Amanda and Lucinda. 

Mary Seifert, (V), had five children, viz : Hannah, Mary, 
Elamina, Charles and Martin. 

Hannah Wheeler, (V), had three children, viz : William. 
Marshall and Hattie. 

Henrietta Werst, (V), Josiah, Levi, Charles, John and 
Eliza, 

Rebecca Hammeck, (V), three, John, Mary and Emma. 

Philip, (IV), nine, John, Peter, Thomas, James, Mary, 
who married Daniel Frey ; Sarah Balli'et, Polly, who mar- 
ried George Stuber ; Catharine to George Ruth ; Julianna 
to Jesse Bilheimer, and Elizabeth to George Henn. 

John Peter, (V), married Anna Maria Arner. He 
gave all his boys "Henry" for a middle name, and the 
girls "Ann," their mother's name. The children were 
William H., Edwin H., Franklin H., Titus H., Eliza Ann, 



THE BOEHM FAMILY 89 

Judith Ann, Catharine Ann, Mary Ann and Codilla Ann. 

Thomas, (V), had nine children, viz : Cornelius, Oliver, 
Edward, James, Martin, Susan Laubach, Diana Eschbach, 
Amanda Kichline, and Mary Muschlitz. 

James, (V), married Maria Desch. The children, s'even 
in number, are viz: Wilson H., Henry M., William A., 
Alfred J., George W., Lucy Kichline and Ellen Hoffert. 

Mary, (V), was married to Daniel Frey. They had six 
children, viz: FrankHn H., Henry, James, Elamina 
Muschiltz, Eliza Ruch and Emma, who died young. 

Sarah, (V), was married to a Mr. Tool. This union 
was blessed with two children, viz: Israel and Amanda. 
Her second husband was a Mr. Balliet, with whom she had 
three children, viz: James, Henry and Caroline. 

Polly, (V), was married to George Stuber. The five 
children are Levi, Georg'e, James, Jacob and Maria. 

Catharine, (V), was married to George Ruth. This 
family is the largest of the entire list, fourteen, and so 
evenly divided that there were seven boys and seven 
girls, viz: William, Thomas, Francis, Aaron, James, 
Samuel B., and John, Lovina Stem, Christiana Bader, 
Elizabeth Boyer, Mary Dimmig, Fietta Bader, Henrietta 
Weber and Catharine. 

Julianna, (V), was married to Jess'e Bilheimer. The 
seven children were, Oliver, Jacob B., Stephen, Rev. 
Thomas C, of Gettysburg, Pa. ; Lucinda, wife of Tilgh- 
man Rice ; Cecilia and Martha Ann. 

Elizabeth, (V), was married to George Henn. Their 
five children are William, George, Thomas, Belinda and 
Cecilia. 

Susanna, (IV), was married to Jacob Ochs ; their eight 
children were Mary, Charles, Jacob, David, Jesse, John, 
Philip, and Susanna. 

Mary, (V), was married to John Ache. Their eleven 
children were Samuel, David, John, Jacob, Charles, Peter, 
Jesse, (recently deceased), Mary Nickum, Elizabeth Reily, 
Sarah Long and Susanna Wasser. 
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90 THE BOEHM FAMILY 

Charles Ochs, (V), had seven children, viz: Frederick, 
Jacob, Charles, Mary, Salome, Levina and Susanna. 

Jacob Ochs, (V), had two boys, Tilgh. and John. 

David Ochs, (V), had one daughter Amanda, who was 
married to Joseph R. Laubach, being the mother of Har- 
vey D. Laubach of Hellertown. 

Jesse Ochs, (V), had four children, James, William, 
Sarah and Joseph. 

Philip Ochs, (V), had nine children, viz: Jacob, Henry, 
David, W'ilson, Cyrus, Isadora, who was married to Felix 
Bradcr, Sarah to Frederick Frank and Ellen. 

Susanna, (V), had three children with Jacob Buchecker, 
her husband, viz : Amanda, ^ho married Jacob Spengler ; 
Eliza, who married Frank Fatzinger ; and Mary. 

This brings us to the list so far obtained. We have 
with one or two exceptions given the names only of the 
sixth generation. Had we followed them to the seventh 
and eighth gen'erations — there may be some of the ninth 
— you can see how rapidly the number would swell. Any 
one desiring to follow up this branch of the family further 
down that we have done, has here a foundation upon 
which to build.* 

In conclusion may this family increase in usefuln'ess, 
in godliness, in all that makes for righteousness as well 
as in numbers. So that wherever the name Boehm is 
known, it may stand for that earnestness of character, 
that faithfulness to duty, that manliness and thrift which 
characterized the now celebrated John Philip and his 
honored wife and companion, Anna Maria. 

And may this historic Apple's church, so intimately re- 
lated to this family, furnishing us with a complete history, 
or inspiring us for the first time to trace the interesting 
history of our ancestors, continue to promulgate those 
principles, and to vindicate that truth to which it stands 
committed by its earnest founders. 

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THE BOEHM HOMESTEAD 



Rev. John PhiHp Boehm, the founder of the Boehm 
Family in this country, was one of the first land owners on 
the Saucon Creek, in what is now HeUertown and Lower 
Saucon Township, Northampton County, Pa. 

The records show that on the fifth day of February, A. 
D. 1740, "The Honorables John Penn, Thomas Penn and 
Richard Penn, Esquires, the proprietors and governors 
in chief of the Province of Pennsylvania, in and by a cer- 
tain patent or grant, under the hands of the said propri- 
etaries and governors in chief, and the great seal of said 
province, ****** (\[^ {qj- them, the said proprietaries 
and governors, their h'eirs and successors, give, grant, 
and confirm unto the said John Philip Boehm a certain 
tract of land, situate on Saucon Creek, in the County of 
Bucks." (Now Northampton County.) 

Beginning at a corner marked Swamp Oak Tree, and 
extending thence by a vacant land West, two hundred 
and twelve perches to a post; North, one hundred and 
sixty perches to a post; East, two hundred and twelve 
perches to a post, and South one hundred and sixty 
perches to a corner marked Swamp Oak Tree, the place 
of beginning, containing two hundred acres and allowance 
of six per cent, for roads, etc. 

Paying to them, th'e said proprietaries and governors, 
the yearly rent of one-half penny Sterling Money per 
acre, or value thereof in coin current according to ex- 
change. 

And whereas, on the sixteenth day of May, 1743, the 
said John Philip Boehm obtained another tract (prob- 
ably adjoining the other) described as follows : Begin- 
ning at a stone set for a corner, and from thence extend- 
ing, by vacant lands, along lines of marked trees, the four 
following courses and distances : North, one hundred and 

(91) 



92 THE BOEHM FAMILY 

seventeen perches to a post; East, one hundred and fifty- 
four perches to a stone ; South, one hundred and eleven 
perches to a stone and eighty-seven and one-half degrees. 
West one hundred and fifty-four perches to the place of 
beginning, containing one hundred and thre'e acres and 
a like allowance as aforesaid. 

The eastern boundary of the two hundred acre tract 
is supposed to have been the Bethlehem Road, the south- 
ern boundary Water Street now in the Borough of Heller- 
town, thence extending westwardly of equal width (one 
hundred and sixty perches) tw^o hundred and tw*elve 
perches, including the iron furnaces, and all the land be- 
longing to the Thomas Iron Company, and also most, 
if not all the land now owned by Preston H. Riegel. 

The location of the one hundred and three acre tract 
can not be fully determined. It is, however, supposed 
that it was adjoining the two hundred acre tract, either 
on the western or northern boundary. 

The record shows that the lines of the two above de- 
scribed tracts were along vacant lands, showing that this 
was the first land taken up, but can not now be accurately 
located. 

The record further shows, that on the thirtieth day of 
September, A. D. 1747, John Philip Boehm, and Anna 
Maria,, his wife, of Whitpain Township, Philadelphia 
County, by Ind'enture under their hands and seals duly 
executed for the consideration of the natural love and 
afifection which they have and do bear for, and towards 
Anthony William Boehm, the eldest surviving son and 
heir apparent of him the said John Philip Boehm, and 
Anna Maria his wife, and for his better preferm'ent in the 
world, and for divers other good causes them specially 
moving, have granted and confirmed the two above de- 
scribed tracts, of land, under the yearly quit-rents afore- 
said, to have and to hold the said two tracts to him, his 
heirs and assigns forever. 



1?H£ BOEHM homestead 93 

The records still further show, that by Indenture dated 
November thirteenth, 1762, Anthony William Boehm 
obtained from Thomas Penn and Richard Penn, proprie- 
tary governors as aforesaid^ the following three herein- 
after described tracts of land situate in Upper Saucon 
Township, Bucks County. (Now Lehigh County.) 

Tract No. i. Beginning at a marked Hickory Tree, 
thence extending by vacant land East, one hundred and 
sixty perch'es to a stone; thence by vacant land South 
forty-seven perches to a stone, and West, seventy-eight 
perches to a stone, inline of Henry Weaver's land, thence 
by th'e same North, fourteen perches to a stone, West 
forty perches to the place of beginning, containing twenty 
and on'e-half acres, and six per cent, allowance. 

Tract No. 2. Beginning at a small Black Oak in line 
of vacant lands, thence by the same East, one hundred 
and thirty-six perches to a post; thence by land of Philip 
Trap and vacant lands, South sixty perches to a large 
Hickory Sappling; thence by vacant lands West, eighty 
perches to a post, and North forty-three degrees, W'est 
eighty-two perches to the place of beginning, containing 
thirty-eight acres and thirty-four perches and allowance 
as before. 

Tract No. 3. Beginning at a marked Black Oak in line 
of land of Christian Eastbank, thence South, eighty 
perches to a stone, in line of vacant lands, thence by the 
same West, one hundred and forty-nine p'erches to a post, 
thence by land of Henry Weaver North one degree. West, 
seventy-six perches to a ston'e; thence by vacant lands 
eighty-eight and one-half degrees East, one hundred and 
fifty and one-half perches to the place of beginning, con- 
taining sixty-eight acres and one hundred and thirty-eight 
perches, and the usual allowance. 

The consideration for said three above described tracts 
being, yearly, a quit-rent of one-half penny Sterling 
money per acre. 



94 THE BOEHM FAMILY 

Patent recorded at Philadelphia in Patent Book A. A., 
Vol IV., page 92, etc. 

On the sixth day of April, A. D., 1766, Anthony Wil- 
liam died intestate. His widow, Felicitas, or Phillis 
Boehm, and one son Philip, survived him. To this, his 
only son, all of the above described tracts, by the laws 
of Pennsylvania relating to intestates did descend and 
come. 

The location of the three above described tracts of land, 
containing together on'e hundred and twenty-seven acres 
and ninety-two perches, is about one and one-half miles 
west of Friendensville, in the same valley where later on, 
valuable zinc ore was dicovered. 

What may have induced him to leave his homestead 
at Hellertown and settle in Upper Saucon Township we 
have not ascertained. The records, however, show, that 
his wife, Felicitas, inherited a large tract of land in that 
vicinity from Iter former husband Michael Weaver, and, 
no doubt, this was one of the causes which induced him to 
purchase the land already described. 

What became of his wife we do not know; but, by 
diligent search, we found his grave in a private cemetery 
on the above mentioned tracts of land. The inscription 
on his tombstone is as follows: 

Hier Ruhet in Gott 

ANTON WILHELM BOEHM, 

1st Gcborea den zyten April, 1714, 

in Worms ; 

Ist Gestorben den 6ten April, 1766, 

Alter, 52 Jahre. 

Philip Boehm, son of Anthony William Boehm, dis- 
posed of the land which he inherited, as follows: 

On Decemb'er 15, 1774, to Mathias Yost, of Salisbury 
Township, Northampton County, (now Lehigh County), 



THE BOEHM HOMiESTEAD 9§ 

forty-six acres and twenty-three perches in Lower Saucon 
Township and allowance of six per cent, for f i6o, 14s 4d. 

June 20, 1780, to Francis Hartman, one hundred and 
twenty-seven acres and ninety-two perches in Upper Sau- 
con Township, for £400. 

June 9, 1784, to Jacob Kramm, thirty-one acres and 
sixty-nine perches for £255. 

June 10, 1784, to Jacob Ludwig twenty acres for £500. 

December 12, 1785, to Jacob Kramm, seventy acres 
for £658. 

July 29, 1788 to Jacob Roth, five acres and eighty- 
eight perches for £137, los. 

March 6, 1792 to Anthony Boehm, one acre and ninety- 
two perches for £140. 

June 18, 1792, to Jacob Haas fifteen acres and thirty- 
three perches, for £200. 

March 13, 1797, to Jacob Ochs, on'e hundred and thir- 
teen acres and twenty- five perches, more or less. 

The considerations under which this last sale was made 
were as follows: 

"For the consideration of love and esteem, and the 
filial duty which I owe unto the said Philip Boehm, Sr., 
and Barbara, his wife, during their natural lives and the 
survivor of them, or his, or their assigns, free liberty, 
p'eaceably to live, dwell, and reside in the dwelling house 
newly erected for that purposes by the said Philip Boehm, 
wherein at present they now live, and they shall have 
and hold, use, occupy, enjoy, and possess all the former 
commodities and conveniences appertaining unto the said 
newly erected or additional building to his abode, their 
only use, and also a part in the cellar under the old house 
adjoining, and I, the said Jacob Ochs, do bind myself, my 
h'eirs, executors or administrators, by these presents, and 
I do hereby promise, during th'e summer season to keep 
one cow in as good pasture as I do my own ; to give to 



M THE BOEHM FAMILY 

them yearly, one quarter of a ton of good hay, and one ton 
of second crop and put it in their stable or barn; and 
during the winter season to put their cow in their stable 
and feed, bed, and cherish her as well as I do my own; 
and likewise liberty for his, her or their hog, or hogs, to 
run or go in pasture w4th my own during the summer 
season, but in fattening, he, she, or they must put them 
in a stable or pen and feed them with feed of his, her, or 
their own ; to deliver unto him, her, or them yearly, nine 
bushels of buckwheat, four bushels of good corn, fifteen 
bushels of good rye, and six bushels of wheat to be de- 
livered to them and put upon their dwelling-house loft, 
and from thence at his, her, or their request and direction, 
to carry the said grain to mill and fetch the meal, bran, or 
chop to their said dwelling back again and carry the same 
upon tire same loft, if requested ; to deliver unto him, her, 
or them, yearly, one-half quarter of an acre of potatoes^ 
next to, or adjoining the piece where I plant my own; to 
manure, plough, harrow, and furrow the same. And after 
the ground is manured, ploughed, harrowed, and furrow- 
ed, he, she, or they shall have a right to take their part 
from any end they please. I further promise to manure, 
plough, harrow, and sow yearly, on'e-half of one-quarter 
of an acre for flax, wherein the year before the potatoes 
were planted. They shall also have an indisputable right 
to the one-third of the garden next to the road. I da 
hereby obligate myself to manure and plough the same 
as well as my own part, to cut and haul hom'e in front of 
the dwelling house of the said Philip Boehm and his wife, 
during tlreir natural lives, so much fire-wood as they shall 
want for their use from time to time, and they shall 
have the privilege of taking as much good fruit out of the 
orchard as they may want for their family use; to take 
yearly, one-fourth part of all the cid'er made out of the 
apples in the orchard, and the undeniable right to take 
yearly, one-fourth of all the apple-whiskey distilled out of 
the apples in tire orchard on said premises. 



THE BOEHM HOMESTEAD 9? 

I further promise to give them yearly, one bushel of 
coarse Lisbon salt, one-half bushel of fine salt, nine pounds 
of good sole leather, three pounds of calf upper leath'er, 
fifty pounds of good, clean, fresh beef, seven pounds of 
good, clean flax, ten pounds of clean, tow, and four pounds 
of tallow. 

I further promise, in case, she or they should not be 
capable to feed their hogs, then I, the said Jacob Ochs, do 
bind myself, my heirs, executors, or administrators, to 
give unto them yearly, one hundred and fifty pounds of 
good pork. All the said articles to begin with the sign- 
ing of this Identure, and be carefully delivered to the 
said Philip Boehm and his wife. The rye and wheat must 
be delivered yearly, in November, and the whole yearly 
amount of meat must be fully delivered unto them in the 
fall season. And further, the said Jacob Ochs, shall build 
and keep in good repair a stable, eighteen feet by fifteen 
feet for the use of said Philip Boehm's cow, hay and sec- 
ond crop. And th'e said Philip Boehm shall have the 
right, if he chooses, to build an additional part to the 
gable-end of his part of the house nearest th'e barn, at 
his own expense and shall have the right to keep s'even 
fowls on th'e premises; provided' they are kept without 
any damage to the said Jacob Ochs," 

On March 13, 181 1, Jacob Ochs gave a bond in th'e sum 
of £300 to fulfill and carry out all of the above obligations. 
The bond was recorded April 5, 181 5. 



PHILIP BOEHM, (III.) 

Philip Boehm, the only son of Anthony William Boehm, 
and grandson of the founder of the "Boehm Family" in 
Am'erica, was a man of more than ordinary intelligence. 

In 1767 we find Philip Boehm, farmer, assessed for 
eighty acres of clear land, and one hundred and thirty 



98 THE BOEHM FAMILY 

acres of wood-land in Upper Saucon Township, North- 
hampton County, (now Lehigh County.) 

In 1774 he was assessed in the same township for one 
hundred acres of cl'ear land and one hundred and fifty 
acres of woodland. 

In 1779, he was Assistant Collector of Lower Saucon 
Township. At an election held on October 10, 1780, he 
was elected Coroner of Northampton County. The 
Lower Saucon Township tax-list of 1782, shows that he 
had a tanyard, three horses, four cows, and four sheep. 
From 1779 to 1785 he is also described as an inn-keeper 
in Lower Saucon Township. 

He was actively engaged in furthering th'e cause of the 
colonies during the Revolutionary War, as the following 
extracts from the public records show. 

"The Council of Safety, Philadelphia, March 6, 1777, 
wrote to Gen'eral Washington that Lieutenant Colonel 
Boehm of Colonel Geiger's Battalion of Militia of North- 
hampton County, now in camp, particularly requests that 
the Malitia might not be kept in service beyond their time, 
etc." — Penna. Archives. 

"On motion, agreed, that Philip Boehm be appoint- 
ed Paymaster of the Militia of the County of Northamp- 
ton." — Minutes of Supreme Council, Wednesday, August 
27, 1777. Colonial Records, Vol. XL, page 279. 

"Ordered, That Philip Boehm be appointed Coroner 
of Northampton County, and commissioned accordingly." 
— October 19, 1778, page 597. 

"Ordered, That the secretary be directed to write to 
Philip Boehm, Paymaster of Militia of the County of 
Northampton, and direct him to pay of¥ th'e arrearages 
due to the militia, or give Council the reasons for his 
non-compliance." — March 11, 1779, page 718. 

"An order was drawn in favor of Philip Boehm, Jr., 
Paymaster of Militia in the County of Northampton, for 



THE BOEHM HOMESTEAD 99 

the sum of £4000 to be charged to his account." — May 
5» 1779. page 7(>7. 

"An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of Mr. 
PhiHp Boehm, Paymaster of the County of Northampton, 
for the sum of £3000 for paying the mihtia of said County, 
for which he is to account." — ^July 21, 1779, Vol. XII., 
page 55. 

*'An appHcation in writing from Philip Boehm, Pay- 
master of the Mihtia of the County of Northampton, re- 
questing the sum of £2500 to pay off the mihtia of that 
county, being read and considered." 

"Ordered, That PhiHp Boehm be directed to lay before 
the Board an account of the payment of such moneys as 
have been put into his hands for the purpos'e of paying 
the Mihtia of Northampton County." — Ibid, page 506, 
Saturday, October 14, 1780. 

"Resolved, That Philip Boehm be appointed and com- 
missioned to be Coroner of Northampton County." — 
February 4, 1708, page 243. 

Although Philip Boehm realiz-ed about $12000 from the 
sales of his land, he was far from being wealthy. It is 
probable that much of the money he received for his land 
was continental money; for a family tradition tells us 
that he had a chest full of this money after it was worth- 
less. 

PhiHp Boehm died January 10, 1816. His wife, Anna 
Barbara survived him nearly seventeen years, remain- 
ing by stipulation with the purchasers in the old home- 
stead, still standing, on what is now the Geissinger farm 
in the Borough of Hellertown, Northampton County, Pa. 

Both were buried in the cemetery at the Lower Saucon 
Church. 

.L.tfC. 



DESCENDENTS OF 

REV. JOHN PHILIP BOEHM 

THROUGH HIS OLDEST SON 

ANTHONY WILLIAM BOEHM. 



I 

Rev. John Philip Boehm was Hkely born in the Palatin- 
ate, in Germany, and in the year 1683; and died April 
29, 1749, at Hellertown, Pa. His father, Philip Lewis 
Boehm, was a Reformed minister at Wachenbuchen, near 
Hanau.* 

He and his wife, Anna Maria (Sherer) Boehm had six 
children : — Anthony William, Anna Maria, Sebina, Eliza- 
beth, Maria Philippina and John Philip. 



II 

Anthony William Boehm was born in Worms, Ger- 
many, April 27, 1714, and died in Upper Saucon Town- 
ship, Lehigh County, April 6, 1766. He and his wife, 
Hannah Philis ( ) Boehm had one son named Philip. 

Anna Maria Boehm was married to Adam Moser. 

Sebina Boehm was married to Ludwig Bitting. 

Children : — Ludwig, Henry, Peter, Anna Maria, Eliza- 
beth Dorothea, Mary Catharine and Christiana. 

Elizabeth Boehm was married to George Shamboh. 

Maria Philippina Boehm was married to Cornelius 
Dewees. 

John Philip Boehm, married Anna Maria Yost, August 

2, 1753- 

* The most complete account of Boehm's work and life so far published, is by Rev, 
Wm. J. Hinke, in "Reformed Church Messenger," of May ja, 19 and 26, 1S98. 




PHILIP BOEHM, (IV. I 

Horn Marcli 7, ryjo Died June 28. iS6q. 



bESCENDENTS 101 

Children: — Elizabeth, Philip and Daniel, who died in 
infancy. Mary, who was married to William Peltz, May 
J5, 1VS4; Philip, Jacob, Daniel, who married Catharine 
Peltz, December 2, 1792, and Elizabeth. 



Ill 



Philip Boehm was born December 14, 1747, and died 
January 10, 1816. He married Anna Barbara Schreiber, 
who was born November 2, 1747, and died October 10, 
18^2. Both were buried at the Lower Saucon church. 

Children: — Anthony, Philip, John, David, Catharine, 
Susanna,'^ Mary and Elizabeth. 



IV 

Anthony Boehm was born January 17, 1770, and died 
September 25, 1848. On April i, 1801, he married 
Catharine Geissinger, who was born December 9, 1774. 
and died March 6, 1845. Both are buried at Apple's 
Church. 

They had five children: — Mary, Susanna, Elizabeth, 
David and Solomon. 

Philip Boehm was born March 7, 1770, and died June 
28, 1869. He married Elizabeth Wasser, who was born 
August 18, 1 78 1, and died January 6, 1850. 

They had nine children: — John Peter, Thomas M.. 
James M., Mary, wife of Daniel Frey; Sarah, wife of 
Stephen Balliet ;~PoIly, wife of George Stuber; Catharine, 
wife of George Ruth; Juliann, wife of Jesse Billheimer, 
and Elizabeth, wife of George Henn. 

John Boehm married Rebecca Fravel. 

Children : — Charles, Henry, Levi, Israel, Jonas, Mary, 
Hannah, Henrietta, and Rebecca. 



• A complete list of the desceudeiits of Susanna Boehm, (IV), on page 133. 



102 THE BOEHM FAMILY 

Catharine Boehm was married to Jacob Kramni. 

Children : — Jacob, David, Joseph, Samuel, Susanna and 
a daughter, who was married to a Mr. Dill. 

Susanna Boehm was born in Lower Saucon Township, 
June 14, 1776, and died December 19, 1846. She was 
married to Jacob Ochs, born in Upper Milford Township, 
June 8, 1776, died May 9, 1866. Both are buried at the 
Lower Saucon Church. Their children were as follows: 
• — Mary, wife of John Ache ; Charles, Jacob, David, Jesse, 
John, Philip and Susanna, wife of Aaron Buchecker. The 
latter being the oldest of the Ochs family living at the 
present time. 

Mary Boehm was married to Jacob Haas. 

Elizabeth Boehm was married to Jacob Miller. 



V 

Mary Boehm was born January 14, 1802, in Lower 
Saucon Township, and died October i, 1868. On Octo- 
ber 21. 1 82 1, she was married to James More, who was 
born February i, 1802, in Macungie Township, and died 
December 25, 1875. Both are buried at the Lower Sau- 
con Church. 

Their children were: — Charles, Thomas, Peter, Wil- 
liam, Elizabeth and James B. 

Susanna Boehm was born January 21, 18^4, in Lower 
Saucon Township, and died May 4, 1844. She was mar- 
ried to Jacob Rath, November 13, 1825, who was born 
May 25, 1801, and died November 27, i860. Both were 
buried at the Friedensville Church. 

Children: — William, Mary, wife of William: D. Boyer; 
Catharine, wife of Francis Rodenbach; Jacob B., Eliza- 
beth, Levina and Amanda, who died young; Emalinda, 
wife of Reuben Hahn ; Lucinda, wife of John McCul- 
lough ; Alexander B., and Susanna, wife of Joseph Keim. 



DESCENDENTS 103 

Elizabeth Boehm was married to John Diehl. 
Cliildrcn: — Catharine, deceased; Isabelle and William 
H., who was born December 6, 1838, and died April 27, 

1845. 

David Boehm was born in Hellertown, September 15, 
1812. On January 5, 1843, he married Hannah Solliday, 
who was born in Springfield Township, March 29, 181 8. 
and died January 27, 1892. 

They had the following children: — Mary M., William 
H., Isabelle S., wife of Amandus Benner; Jacob H. and 
Emaline, deceased. 

Solomon Boehm was born in Hellertown, August 19, 
181 5, and died December 30, 1895. On January 28, 
1844, he married Juliann Merkle, who was born in Salis- 
bury Township, March 28, 18 19. 

They had five children: — Clara EHzabeth, wife of Al- 
fred Keck; Preston A., William H., deceased, and Alfred 
W. and Richard H., who died in infancy. 

John Peter Boehm was born October 13, 1800, and 
died October 26, 1887. He married Anna Maria Orner, 
who was born January 3, 1805, and died March 2, 1852. 

The children were: — William H., deceased; Eliza Ann, 
Edwin H., Judith Ann, Catharine Ann, Franklin H., Mary 
Ann, Codilla Ann, and two sons, each named Titus H., 
who died in infancy, 

Thomas M. Boehm was born in Lower Saucon Town- 
ship, September 14, 1812, and died May 11, 1892. On 
May 22, 1836, he married Lucinda F. Hall, who was born 
in Hanover Township, January 20, 181 7, and died Janu- 
ary 3, 1894. 

The children were: — Mary A., wife of Aaron Fetzer; 
Susanna, wife of Josiah Laubach ; Martin H., Amanda, 
wife of William Kichline ; Diana, wife of Alfred Eshbach ; 
Cornelius, James H., Edward and Oliver. 



104 THE BOEHM FAMILY 

James M. Boehm was born in Lower Saucon Township, 
September lo, 1815, and died March 7, 1891. On Oc- 
tober 21, 1857, he married Maria Desh, who was born in 
Macungie Township, November 8, 1816, and died No- 
vember 6, 1893. Both buried at Lower Saucon. 

Children:— Wilson H., Henry M., WiUiam A., Alfred 
J., George W., Lucy A., wife of Charles Kichhne; and 
Elli n. wife of Lawrence Hoffert. 

Mary y\nn Boehm was born in Ivower Saucon Town- 
ship, April 9, 1824. She was married to Daniel Frey, 
September 18, 1847. 

Children: — Franklin H., Elemina,wife of Jacob Musch- 
litz; Anna E., wife of Christian M. Ruch; Emma C, 
Henry D. and James A., deceased. 

Sarah Boehm had two husbands; the first one was a 
Mr. Tool, with whom she had two children, Israel and 
Amanda, wife of James A. Benner. Her second husband 
was Stephen BalHet, with whom she had three children, 
viz: James, Henry and Caroline, wife of Earnest Weaver. 

Polly Boehm was born in Lower Saucon Township, 
May 3, 1807, and died at Allentown, Pa., March 7, 1873. 
On August 23, 1825, she was married to George Stuber, 
who was born in Salisbury Township, Lehigh County, 
Pa., October 3, 1801, and died September 28, 1876. 

Children: — Levi, Jacob, George W., Caroline, James, 
Maria, vSarah and Johanna. 

Catb.arine Boehm was married to George Ruth, Chil- 
dren : — William, Thomas, Francis, Aaron, James, Samuel 
B., John, Lovina, wife of James Stein ; Christiana, wife of 
Benjamin Bauder; Elizabeth, wife of Abraham Boger; 
ISIary Ann. wife of William Dimmick ; Fietta, wife of To- 
l.uas Bauder ; Henrietta, wife of Samuel Weber, and 
Catharine 

Juliann Boehm was born April 29, 1899, and died Octo- 
ber 19, 1842. She was married to Jesse Billheimer. Chil- 



DESCENDENTS 106 

dren: — John O., Martha A., EHza, Cecila, Jacob B., 
Stephen, Lucinda and Thomas C. 

Elizabeth Boehm was married to George Henn. Chil- 
dren: — William, George, Thomas, Belinda and Cecelia. 

Charles Boehm was born in Lower Saucon Township, 
November 24, 181 5. On November 3, 1844, he married 
Martha A. Dornbloser, who was born October 19, 1818. 

The children were John J., George F., Henry A-, Isa- 
dora and Oliver D. 

Henry Boehm was born in Hellertown, Pa., Jmie 3, 
1821. He married Margaret Smith, who was born in 
Whitehall, November 23, 1820. Children: — John F., 
Milton A., Annie I., Sylvania E., Susanna A., Henry W., 
Francis M., Mary E., Laura V., George B. McL. and 
Horace S. 

Levi Boehm married Mary Wagner, Children : — Ja- 
cob, Lizzie, Minnie and Mary. 

Israel Boehm was born in Lower Saucon in 181 6, died 
in Mauch Chunk, February 28, 1863. Married January 
5, 1847, tO' Mahala Dodson, born in Mauch Chunk, June 
25, 1825, died in Mauch Chunk, May 3, 1899. Children: 
— Mary, Lizzie D., born in Mauch Chunk, September 18, 
1849; Robert B., Hannah, born in Mauch Chunk, Decem- 
ber 27, 1858; Isaac D., Isabella and Mallie. 

Jonas Boehm had these children : — Isabelle, Hannah, 
Catherine, Sarah, Alice, Susan, Amanda and Lucinda. 

Mary Boehm was married to ( ) Seifert. Chil- 
dren: — Hannah, Mary, Elemanda, Charles and Martin. 

Hannah Boehm was married to Marshall Wheeler. 
Children : — William, Marshall and Hattie. 

Henrietta Boehm was born in Lower Saucon Town- 
ship, June 24, 1 8 ID, and died November 28, 1888. In 
1835, she was married to Jacob Werst, who was born 
March 26, 18 10, in Lower Saucon Township, and died 
8 



106 THE BOEHM FAMILY 

December 9, 1861. Children: — Josiah, John, Levi, Eliza 
and Charles. 

Rebecca Boehm was married to Henry Hammeck. She 
died December 9, 1888. Children: — Mary L., John J. 
and Emma L. 

Jacob Kramm had these children : — Eliza, Charles, 
William, Rebecca and a daughter, who was married to 
William Wells, of Pottsville, Pa. 

David Kramm married Mary Brunner. Children: — 
Samuel, Edward B., Sarah Ann, Maria, Matilda, Eph- 
raini, Tavilla, Reuben H., Christiana C, Susanna, Ala- 
vesta and David J., who was killed at Fredricksburg. 



VI 



Charles More was born January 23, 1822, and died 
February 5, 1892. On March 17, 1848, he married Eliza 
Deemer, who was born April 16, 1827. Children: — 
George D., Agnes J., Newton A., William P., M. L. Al- 
lene, John J. and Robert D. 

Thomas More was born in Northampton County De- 
cember 25, 1822. He married Mary Ann Landis, Febru- 
ary 17, 1845, who died December 21, 1887. Children: — 
Sarah J., Preston J., Alice E., wife of Harvey K. Reakirt. 
She died in March, 1895. Josephine C, Oscar J., Emma 
A., Harvey T. and Harry A. 

Peter More was born at Stockertown, Pa., October 21, 
1824. He married Henrietta Ueberroth. Children: — 
James A. and Theodore F. 

William More was born in Allen Township, March 10, 
1826. On February 11, 1856, he married Eliza R. Frank- 
enfield, who was born at Farmersville, Pa., December 
31, 1827, and died August 23, 1897. Children: — Rev. 
Wilson F., James W. and Clara J., wife of Oliver H. 
Cressman. 



DESCENDENTS 107 

Elizabeth More was born at Weaversville, Pa., Janu- 
ary 17, 1829. She was married to J. Matthew Hummel, 
who died in October, 1882. Children: — Mary J., wife of 
Thomas C. Benjamin, Samuel T. and Albert J. 

James B. More was born November 9, 1837, "^ Lower 
Saucon Township; on May i, 1862, he married Emma 
Meyers, who was born December 18, 1836. Children: — 
Minnie M., wife of Albert B. Fehr; Rosa B., deceased; 
Victor V. and Mabel M., wife of John J. McAndress. 

Rev. William Rath was born in Lower Saucon Town- 
ship, September 20, 1826, and died July 2, 1889; he mar- 
ried Christiana E. Snyder, December 26, 1853, who was 
born April 16, 1,834. Children: — Rev. Myron O., Laura 
A., Mary E. and Sarah S., wife of Francis G. Lewis. 

Mary A. Rath was born August 23, 1828, and died Sep- 
tember 9, 1865; she was married to William D. Boyer, 
who was born in Lower Saucon Township, 'November 5, 
1824. Children : — Emma L., Jacob J. and Ellen E. 

Catharine Rath was born in Lower Saucon Township, 
October 2^, 1831. On January 29, 1854, she was married 
to Francis Rodenbach. Children: — Camilla E., Ellen S., 
Amanda C, Mary C, Emma L. and John J. 

Rev. Jacob B. Rath was born February 14, 1834, in 
Lower Saucon Township, and died August 6, 1885. On 
June 25, 1861, he married Elizabeth Sellers, who was born 
in Nazareth, Pa., May 29, 1841. Children: — Mary E., 
Charles L. and Elizabeth S. 

Emalinda Rath was born in Lower Saucon Township, 
October 4, 1841. On October 27, 1866, she was married 
to Reuben Halin, who was born in Forks Township, De- 
cember 12, 1844. Children: — Mary C, Franklin J. and 
Ezra A. 

Lucinda Rath was born in Lower Saucon Township, 
October 4, 1841 ; she was married to John McCullough; 
December 29, 1873. Children: — Harry R. 



108 THE BOEHM FAMILY 

Alexander B. Rath was born in Lower Saucon Town- 
ship, May 4, 1844. On April 19, 1863, he married Emma 
C. Levers, who was born in Plainfield Township, May 9, 
1846. Children: — Ermina M,, wife of Joseph F. Kimmel, 
William C, George W., Susan J., Ezra, John S., Mary C. 
and Aletes D. 

Susanna Rath was born May 4, 1844, in Lower Saucon 
Township; on December i, 1866, she was married to Jo- 
seph Keim, who was born August 14, 1837, in Bethlehem 
Township, and died May 29, 1897. Child: — Frank J. 

Isabella Diehl was born in Lower Saucon Township, 
April 24, 1833. Oi"* October 24, 1852, she was married 
to Edward T. Hess, who was born in Hanover Township, 
Lehigh County, Pa., April 6, 1830, and died January 17, 
1887. Children: — Elamanda E., wife of Wilson K. 
Reichard; Eliza M., wife of A. Frank Apple; Laura I., 
wife of Allen W. Kemmerer; John J., Isabella, Victor D., 
Miles R., Edward E. and Gertrude. 

William H. Boehm was born in Lower Saucon Town- 
ship, November 15, 1846. He married Alice C. Foelker, 
June 3, 1877, who was born in Allentown, Pa., April 25, 
1853. Children: — D. Frank, Fred. S. and Homer C. 

Isabella S. Boehm was born in Lower Saucon Town- 
ship, October 28, 1848. On June 11, 1870, she was mar- 
ried to Amandus Benner, who was born in Richlandtown, 
Pa., in July, 1843. Children: — Alvin, Alice H., Reada, 
Willie R. and Mary I. 

Clara' E. Boehm was born at Seidersville, Pa., De- 
cember 5, 1854. On October 25, 1873, she was married 
to Alfred Keck, who was born in Salisbury Township, Le- 
high County, Pa., April 29, 1848. Children: — Hattie T., 
Lillie J., Elsie D., Mary M., Solomon M., Warren W, and 
Charles P. 

Preston A. Boehm, was born April 29, 1858, at Seiders- 
ville, Pa. ; on May 30, 1884, he married Lizzie O. Pflueger, 
who was born April 25 1867. 



t)ESCElJDENTS 109 

Franklin H. Boehm was born April, 1839, ^^^^ 
died April 20, 1896; he married Matilda Jacoby. 

Mary A. Boehm was born December 13, 1836; she was 
married to Aaron Fetzer, who was born in 1838, and died 
April 9, 1873. On November i, 1879, she was married 
to Martin Muschlitz, who was born January 14, 1818. 
Child: — Franklin H. Fetzer. 

Susanna E. Boehm was born in East Allen Township, 
October 2, 1838; on June 17, i860, she was married to 
Josiah Laubach, who was born in East Allen Township, 
October 21, 1834. Children: — Ambrose E. and John Q'. 

Amanda Boehm was born in Lower Saucon Township, 
April 8, 1848; on October 6, 1864, she was married to 
William Kichline, who was born in Bethlehem Township, 
March 6, 1842. Children: — Sarah, Marcus, Jane, 
Thomas, Emma, Ella and Robert. 

Diana Boehm was born in Lower Saucon Township, 
December 18, 1846; on October 21, 1866, she was mar- 
ried to Alfred Eshbach, who was born in Salisbury Town- 
ship, Lehigh County, Pa., September 4, 1843. Chil- 
dren: — David H., Ellen V., William A., Sylvanus E., 
Sarah L., Bertha M. and Marietta S. 

Cornelius Boehm was born in Lower Saucon Town- 
ship, August 13, 1847; o^ November 20, 1879, he married 
Elemina S. Strunk, who was born in Lower Saucon Town- 
ship, February 8, 1851. Children: — Annie M. and War- 
ren C. 

James M. Boehm was born in Lower Saucon Town- 
ship, March 3, 1850; he married Rebecca F. Musselman, 
who was born in Springfield Township, May 29, 1846. 
Children: — Clara C, Gertrude G., Roger R., Bertha B., 
Katie L., Thomas J., and Grover C. 

Edward Boehm was born in Lower Saucon Township, 
April 4, 1852. In 1870 he married Matilda Ehrig, who 
was born in Upper Saucon Township, December 2^, 1853. 



UO THE BOEHM FAMILY 

Children :— Alfred T., George E., Robert J., Cora L., Lil- 
lie E., Victor V., Lizzie L., deceased; Oliver R., Emma 
R., Susan S., Bertha B., deceased; William H. and Violet 
M. 

Oliver Boehm was born in Lower Saucon Township, 
May II, 1857; on February 7, 1877, he married Jane 
Kemp, who was born in Cornwall, England, October 14, 
1853. Children : — Addie E., Mary L., Ambrose C, Susan 
D. G., William J. K. and Martin H. 

Wilson H. Boehm was born in Lower Saucon Town- 
ship, January 14, 1840; on February 24, 1861, he married 
Louisa Ache, who was born in Lower Saucon Township, 
December 16, 1840. Died June 6, 1900. 

Henry M. Boehm was born March 20, 1847, i" Lower 
Saucon Township; on August i, 1868, he married Saraet- 
ta Ehrig, who was born in Upper Saucon Township, No- 
vember I, 1846. Children: — Harvey P., Anna M., Wil- 
son H., Ammon A., Celeste M., Ellen S., Carrie I: and 
Milton W. 

William A. Boehm was born April 2, 1851, in Lower 
Saucon Township; on November 10, 1872, he married 
Mary A. Hillegass, who was born April 20, 1852. Chil- 
dren : — Calvin J., Peter J., Edward R., Ellwood J., How- 
ard W., Steward A., Charles H. and Maria E. 

Alfred J. Boehm was born November 23, 1859, in 
Lower Saucon Township; on August 5, 1879, he married 
Tevilla S. Owens, who was born January 11, 1861, in 
Lower Saucon Township. Children: — Sadie P., Flora 
C, James A., Lizzie M. and L May. 

George W. Boehm was born February 22, 1853, in 
Lower Saucon Township; on August 2, 1879, he married 
Isabella Young, who was born October 14, 1861. Chil- 
dren : — William J. and Harry W. 

Lucy A. Boehm was born in Lower Saucon Township, 
February 8, 1838. On May 31, 1857, she was married to 



DESCENDENTS 111 

Charles Kichline, who was born in Richland Township, 
June 30, 1837. Children: — William H., Ida M., Ellen- 
tina, deceased; James J., George H., John F,, Emma R., 
deceased; Charles W., Anna C, Rosa A., Thomas T.. 
Alfred J., Calvin P., deceased, and Harry B. 

Ellen E. Boehm was born in Lower Saucon Township, 
August I, 1842. On August 3, 1861, she was married to 
Lawrence Hoffert, who was born in Lehigh County, Pa., 
July 3, 1827, and died November 23, 1888. Children: — 
George A., Emma L., Maria, wife of William H. Frey; 
William T., Harry J. and Herbert G. S. 

Franklin H. Frey was born in Lower Saucon Town- 
ship, January 18, 1848. He married Sabina K. Grube, 
January 15, 1874. She died August 24, 1883. Children: 
— Charles F., Ellen M., Emma O., and John H. 

Elemina Frey was married to Jacob MuschHtz. Chil- 
dren: — Ida C, Edward A., Harvey and Luella. 

Anna E. Frey was born in Lower Saucon, August i, 
1852; on June 8, 1872, she was married to Christian M. 
Ruch, who was born December 19, 1852, in Lower Sau- 
con Township. Children : — William F., Minnie C, Mary 
B. and Emma. 

Israel Tool was born at Hecktown, Pa., January 15, 
1845. On January i, 1869, he married Ellen McLane, 
who was born at Mauch Chunk, Pa., October i, 1848. 
Children: — Hugh S., Sallie, Robert, James, Allen, Fred, 
and Lizzie. 

Amanda Tool was born in Hellertown, Pa., May 11, 
1845. On June 30, 1864, she was married to James A. 
Benner, who was born in Lower Saucon Township, No- 
vember 19, 1843. Children: — Ida S., Emma, Monford 
A., Clinton, Irvin T., Minerva C. V. and R. Emory P. 

James Balliet was born in Emaus, Pa., August 26, 1857. 
On August 28, 1878, he married Pruella Neifert, who was 



lla THE BOEHM FAMILY 

born in October, 1855, and died February 2, 1887. Child : 
—Ida I. 

Henry Balliet was born May 2, 1861. On April 20, 
1 88 1, he married Anna Mill, who was born November 
10, 1864. 

Caroline Balliet was born at Emaus, Pa., July 26, 1850. 
In 1 88 1 she was married to Earnest Weaver, who was 
born in Germany, July 23, 1854. Children: — William G. 
and Israel C. 

Levi Stuber was born in Salisbury Township, Lehigh 
County, Pa., March 10, 1831, and died at Allentown, Pa., 
May 23, 1873. He married Mary E. Archer, who was 
born at Key West, Florida. 

Jacob Stuber was born in Salisbury Township, Lehigh 
County, Pa., July 25, 1844, and died at Allentown, Pa., 
May 23, 1884. He was married to Mamie Jacoby. 

George W. Stuber was born in Salisbury Township, 
Lehigh County, Pa., July 27, 1834, and was married to 
Annie Davis. 

Caroline Stuber was born in Salisbury, Lehigh County, 
Pa., January 8, 1827. She was married to James Giess. 
Children: — Jacob A., Charles W., Emma S., George F., 
Mary J. and Annie M. 

James Stuber was born in Salisbury, Lehigh County, 
Pa., May 5, 1837. He married Sabina Ritter, who died 
He married a second time a lady named Catherine Sny- 
der. The children with the first wife were Ellen V. and 
Minnie B. Those with the second wife were James F., 
John F., Lottie C, George G., Mamie A,, Lee S. and 
Leroy S. 

Maria Stuber was born in Salisbury, Lehigh County, 
Pa., March 16, 1842; she was married to John Abele^ 
Children: — Arthur C, Carrie A., George B., Harvey E. 
and Grace G. 



i)ESC£Ni)ENTS li§ 

Sarah Stiiber was born at Reading, Pa., August 26, 
1850. On October 5, 1866, she was married to Theodore 
More, who was born at Allentown, Pa., September 14 
1843. Children: — Emily M., Warren H., George W., 
Eva, Daisy V., Goldie L., Arthur L., Robert T., Edna 
M., deceased; Edna E. and Fern G. 

Johanna Stuber was born in Salisbury, Lehigh County, 
Pa., in 1829. She was married to Charles Scattergood, 
who died May 29, 1852. Children: — George, Mary E. 
and William. 

William Ruth married Catharine Weiss. Children: — 
William and Charks. 

Thomas Ruth was born in Lower Saucon Township, 
March 8, 1825; on August 13, 1848, he married Mary 
Burgain, who was born in Bethlehem Township, Sep- 
tember 26, 1829, and died May 7, 1888. Children: — 
William, Thomas, Susanna, Robert, Stephen, George and 
Annie. 

Francis Ruth married Sarah Harder, with whom he had 
a daughter named Catharine. His second wife was Sus- 
anna Moritz, with whom he had three children, — Emma, 
George, and James. 

James Ruth married Mary Schwartz. Children: — 
Catharine and Harvey. 

Samuel B. Ruth was born in Lower Saucon Township, 
December 19, 1841, and married Charlotte Weaver, Jan- 
uary 7, 1858. Children: — Henrietta, Ida M., Laura E., 
Albert G., John, Ellen, Henry, Samuel and Carrie C. 

John Ruth was born in Lower Saucon Township, May 
16, 1845, and was married to Ellen McElroy. .Children: 
— Robert, George, James and Francis, deceased. 

Lovina Ruth was married to James Stein. Children: 
— Titus and Wilson. 

Christiana Ruth was married to Benjamin Bauder, 
Children: — George O. and Charles, deceased. 



114 THE BOEHM FAMILt 

Elizabeth Ruth was born in Bucks County, Pa., Octo- 
ber 19, 1827; she was married to Abraham Boger. Chil- 
dren: — Ellen, Mary, Annie and Sarah, deceased. 

Mary Ann Ruth was born at Durham, Pa., February 
5, 1832; she was married to William Dimmick, who was 
born in Williams Township. Children: — Anna C, wife 
of Michael Burkhardt; Emaline, wife of Nelson Hester; 
Susanna, wife of Jacob H. Hemmerly; James O., Lycur- 
gus, Francis, Mary A., William H. and Ellen E., wife of 
Lewis Boyer. 

Fietta Ruth was married to Tobias Bauder. Children : 
— Edwin, Herman, Emma, Eliza A. and William H. 

Henrietta Ruth was born in Lower Saucon Township, 
April 12, 1840. On December 10, 1863, she was marrieci 
to Samuel Weber, who was born in Forks Township^ 
November 26, 1836. Children: — M. Alice and George 
W. 

John O. Billheimer married Matilda Schnabel. Chil- 
dren : — Edward and Monford. 

Martha A. Billheimer was married to Henry A. Rid- 
dle. Children: — Emma R., Julia and Carrie. 
Cecilia Billheimer was married to John Somers. 

Jacob B. Billheimer married Urcella A. Hackman. 
Children: — Emerson E., Laura R. and George A. 

Stephen Billheimer was born in Hellertown, Pa., Oc- 
tober 31, 1837. On March 21, 1868, he married Mar- 
garet A. Karr, who was born November 27, 1862. Chil- 
dren: — Julia E., Charles W., Gus, Stephen and William 
E. 

Lucinda Billheimer was born January 7, 1841, and 
died May 29, 1874. On December 24, 1863, she married 
Tilghman Reiss, who was born September 16, 1845. 
Children: — Clayton S., Ida J., Susan E., deceased; Ed- 
ward J. and Lillie G. 



DESCENDENTS il^ 

Rev. Thomas C. Billheimer was born at Hellertown, 
Pa., October ii, 1842. He married Emma C. Ziegler, who 
was born at Bedford, Pa., February 2, 1842. The chil- 
dren were : — Charles W., Roland, Hanley, J. Edward and 
Albert. 

John J. Boehm was born September 25, 1845, ^"^ died 
April 17, 1890. He was married to Emma Gallmeyer. 
Children: — Clarence H. and Russell. 

George F. Boehm was born September 5, 1847, ^"^ 
married Mary Bergstresser. Children: — Willis and 
Charles R. 

Mary Boehm was born in Mauch Chunk, Pa., Septem- 
ber 28, 1847; married October 20, 1868, to T. J. Leh, born 
at Lehigh Gap, Pa., September 3, 1845. Children: — 
Harry C, born October 3, 1869, died December 26, 1875; 
George D. and Bessie I. 

Robert B. Boehm, born in Mauch Chunk, Pa., Febru- 
ary 23, 1853; married October 24, 1889, to Eleanore E. 
McConnell, born in Philadelphia, November 28, 1855. 
Child: — Hugh Arthur, born in Bethlehem, Pa., July 10, 
1891. 

Isabel Boehm was born in Mauch Chunk, Pa., Novem- 
ber 28, 1854; married to Rev. A. J. Amthor, October 14, 
1894. Child: — Frank R., born October 23, 1896. 

Mallie Boehm was born in Mauch Chunk, Pa., April 3, 
1856; married Frank P. Ryder, born in Maryland, N. Y., 
October 10, 1852. Children: — Charles E., Robert B., 
Frederick, Ruth and Isabel. 

Isaac D. Boehm was born in Mauch Chunk, Pa., De- 
cember 2, 1862; married April 23, 1889, to Agnes Swartz, 
born November 28, 1861. Children: — Robert B., 
Louise and Elizabeth B. 

John F. Boehm married Annie Sedame. Children: — 
Grace and Walter. 



116 THE BOEHM EAMILt 

Milton A. Boehm married Mary Cogan. Child: — 
Harry. 

Horace S. Boehm married Ida Kramer. Children: — 
Madge, Julian and Horace S. 

Annie I. Boehm was married to Charles U. Bogard, 
of Paris, France. 

Laura V. Boehm was married to Fred. Smith. Child: 
— Sylvian S. 

Mary C. Boehm was married to George Beck. Child: 
— Herbert. 

Susanna A. Boehm was married to George Stevens, of 
London, England. Child : — William. 

Sylvania E. Boehm was married to Ezra Mease. Chil- 
dren : — Laura V., Mabel and Henry. 

Francis M. Boehm married Margaret J. Nickum*. 
Children :— Arthur C, Frank W., Earl, Mabel C. and 
Laura M. 

Josiah Werst was born in Lower Saucon Township, 
October 17, 1837. On March 12, 1858, he married 
Amanda Bader, who was born February 25, 1838. Chil- 
dren : — Llewellyn, Erwin, Emma A., Howard, Wilson and 
Cora A. 

Levi Werst was born in Lower Saucon Township, 
March 26, 1840, and was killed on the N. P. R. R. at 
South Bethlehem, Pa., February 20, 1896. On June 14^ 
1862, he married Sophia S. Stump, who was born August 
28, 1842. Children: — Flora R., Harrison J., Clinton L., 
Jennie H., Robert S., William H. and Alabama. 

Charles Werst was born in Lower Saucon Township, 
February 26, 1846. On February 26, 1872, he married 
Lydia A. Landis, who was born in Bucks County, Pa., 
April I, 1846. Children: — Franklin J., Weston D., Har- 
vey C. Walter L. and Edwin L 

• For further record see page 143. 



DESCENDENTS 117 

Eliza Kramm was married to Edward Nagle. 
Charles Kramm had two children — Mary and Harvey. 
William Kramm married Margaret Billmeyer. 
Samuel Kramm married Mary Derr. 
Edward B. Kramm married Elizabeth Woolever. 
Sarah Ann Kramm was married to Charles Raverst. 
Maria Kramm was married to Martin Billmeyer. 
Matilda Kramm was married to Charles Billmeyer. 

Ephraim Kramm married Anna M. Garbutt. Chil- 
dren : — Ephraim and Rose. 

Tavilla Kramm was married to Daniel Koch. 

Reuben H. Kramm married Anna M, Kemmerer 
Child :— Flora M. 

Rebecca Kramm was married to Joseph Bird. After 
his wife's death he married Christiana Kramm. 

Susanna Kramm was married to William Hunsinger. 

Alavesta Kramm was married to Thomas Hilliard. 



VII 



Sarah J. More was born June 27, 1846, at Allentown, 
Pa., on February 17, 1866, she was married to Edwin 
Yeager, who was born in Lehigh County, Pa., January 
28, 1844. They had these children, viz: — Laura M., Ed- 
win M., Thomas M., Raymond M., Frank M., Mary A. and 
Blanche. 

Oscar J. More was born October 28, 185 1, and died 
January 7, 1893. On August 6, 1873, he married Sarah 
S. Mull, with whom he had these children : — Claude, 
Thomas W., Edward H., Preston J., James, Raymond Y. 
and Catherine S. 

Emma A. More was born September 23, 1857, at Allen- 
town, Pa. ; on September 25, 1884, she was married to 



118 THE BOEHM FAMILY 

Henry A. Schwartz. Their children were — Edward H., 
Luna M., and Blanche M. 

Harvey T. More was born at Allentown, Pa., January 
5, 1863; on July 4, 1883, he married Alice A. Miller, who 
was born at Allentown, Pa., April 16, 1865. They had 
these children: — Charles T., Harry M., Mary S., Alice A., 
Bessie J., Fred. J., Edna M., Royal A., Emma A., Carrie 
H. and Irvin H. 

Harry A. More was born at Allentown, Pa., December 
17, 1863. He married Kathryn Dillon, who was born at 
Pottsville, Pa., March 7, 1869. They had one child, 
Harry A., deceased. 

James A. More was born at Allentown, Pa., February 
14, 1847; on January 2, 1868, he married Susanna Rush, 
who was born in Lower Saucon Township, April 28, 1841. 
They had these children: — Ellen M., Emma L., Lillie A. 
and Clara M. 

Henry More married Lydia Sloyer. 

Theodore F. More was born in Hanover Township, 
Lehigh County, Pa., June 4, 1853; on August 26, 1875, he 
married Catharine E. Knauss, who was born in Williams 
Township, March 5, 1859. Children: — Estella, Clemen- 
tina and Theodore K. 

Rev. Wilson F. More was born March 2, 1858, in Beth- 
lehem Township. He married Matilda Applegate, June 
26, 1883. They had these children: — Florence E., 
Blanche R. and Ruth L 

James W. More was born November 12, 1861, in Beth- 
lehem Township. He married Sarah A. Stauffer, March 
I, 1890. Children: — Robert P. and William S. 

Clara J. More was born December 30, 1863, in Beth- 
lehem Township; on March 28, 1891, she was married 
to Oliver H. Cressman, who was born November 16, 
1862, in Lehigh County, Pa. Child: — Anna I., deceased. 



DE8CENDENTS 119 

Mary L. Hummel was born August 5, 1866, in Phila- 
delphia ; on December 4, 1899, she was married to 
Thomas C. Benjamin, who was born April 24, 1866. 
Children: — Florence M., David A., deceased, and Bea- 
trice E., deceased. 

Samuel T. Hummel was born March 13, 1868, at Phila- 
delphia; on March 9, 1891, he married Emma R. Ox- 
ford, who was born in Germantown, Pa., February 25, 
1872. Children: — Albert T., deceased, and Edith M. 

Minnie M. More was born in Bethlehem Township, 
March 17, 1863, died August 24, 1900. On April 14, 
1888, she was married to Albert B. Fehr, who was born in 
Lower Nazareth Township, September 14, 1852, Chil- 
dren: — Frances F. and Katharine M., who died Novem- 
ber 5, 1899. 

Victor V. More was born in Lower Saucon Township, 
February 6, 1867; on September 10, 1887, he married 
Sophie Weaver, who was born in Baden, Germany, June 
7, 1867. Children: — Mildred M., James T. and Edgar A. 

Mabel M. More was born in Lower Saucon Township, 
August 18, 1869; on May 7, 1891, she was married to 
John J. McAndress, who was born at Laporte, Ind., Jan. 
II, 1862. Died May 2y, 1902. Buried at Hellertown, 
Pa. 

Sarah S. Rath was born August 2y, 1864; on June 17, 
1890, she was married to Francis G. Lewis, who was born 
October 9, 1861. Children: — William E. and Donald K. 

Emma L. Boyer was born in Upper Nazareth Town- 
ship, April II, 1856; on March 27, 1879, she was married 
to Milton D. Weaver, who was born in Lower Saucon 
Township, April 19, 1855. Children: — William S., Cal- 
vin R., Arthur B. and Helen S., deceased. 

Camilla E. Rodenbach was born October 26, 1854, in 
Bushkill Township; on January 15, 1876, she was married 
to Frank Stem, who was born in Upper Nazareth Town- 



120 THE BOEHM FAMILY 

ship, October 13, 1853. Children: — Alvin F., Ellen S., 
Mary C. and Laura C. 

Ellen S. Rodenbach was born October 28, 1855, in 
Biishkill Township; on February 13, 1880, she was mar- 
ried to Quintus F. Ehlcr. She died June 5, 1896. 

Mary C. Rodenbach was born in Bushkill Township, 
November 29, 1864, and died June 24, 1894. On August 
20, 1885, she was married to John O. Heckman, who died 
March 4, 1877. Child:— Fred. D. 

Emma L. Rodenbach was born in Nazareth, Pa., Sep- 
tember 30, 1858; on September 15, 1877, she was married 
to Frank H. Snyder. Child : — John S. H. 

John J. Rodenbach was born in Bushkill Township, De- 
cember 27, 1866. On September 12, 1891, he married 
Emma M. Becker, who was born in Allen Township, 
February 3, 1868. Child: — Francis B., deceased. 

Ermina Rath was born December 31, 1863; was mar- 
ried to Joseph K. Kimmel. Children: — Minnie P., Jo- 
seph G., Elizabeth B. and Catharine E. 

Frank J. Keim was born January 19, 1869, in Bethle- 
hem, Pa. On June 6, 1890, he married Emma J. Reed, 
of Bethlehem. He died January 17, 1897. 

Elemanda E. Hess was born in Hanover Township, 
Lehigh County, Pa., August 3, 1853. On December 
18, 1873, she was married to Wilson K. Reichard, who 
was born April 12, 1846. Child: — Harry H. 

Eliza M. Hess was born in Springtown, Pa., October 
7, 1858. On October 18, 1884, she was married to A. 
Frank Apple, who was born in Lower Saucon Township, 
June 1. 1858. Children :— -Abbott A., Blanche E., Mil- 
dred M., Clyde M., Marion R., Miles E. and Norman F. 

Laura I. Hess was born in Springtown, Pa., July 31, 
1861. On August 2, 1882, she was married to Allen W. 
Kemmcrer, who was born in Bethlehem Township, No- 



DESCENDENTS 121 

vember 8, 1856. Children: — Helen V., Kenneth A. and 
Isabella C. 

John J. Hess was born August 11, 1863, at Spring- 
town, Pa.; on December 3, 1889, he was married to Liz- 
zie C. Arnold, who was born April 2, 1870, at Allentown, 
Pa. Children: — Bessie A., Naomi G. and Olga B. 

Miles R. Hess was born in Springtown, Pa., October 
18, 1873. On September 23, 1896, he married Florence 
E. Taylor, who was born in England, September i, 1874. 

Alice H. Benner was married to George Henry 
Schwartz. Children:— Helen M., deceased; John E. and 
Minerva 1. 

Frank H. Fetzer was born in Upper Saucon Township, 
March 26, 1863. On December 23, 1882, he married 
Eliza Bader, who was born in Lower Saucon Township, 
November 25, 1859. Children: — Stella M., Flora M., 
Aaron A., Maurice C. and Edna E. 

Ambrose E. Laubach was born December 16, i860, at 
Seidersville, Pa. On February 14, 1881, he married 
Mary Horning, who was born in Salisbury, Pa., July 12, 
1862. Child:— Oliver C. 

John Q. Laubach was born in Upper Saucon Township, 
August 22, 1869. On May 12, 1888, he married Ellen J. 
Moritz, who was born at Seidersville, Pa., April 2, 1869, 
Children: — Ada M., Minnie S., Clarence O. and Florence 
O. 

Sarah Kichline was born in West Bethlehem, Pa., De- 
cember 12, 1864; on November 10, 1889, she was married 
to George P. Woodring, who was born August 16, 1861. 
Children : — Ellen and Raymond. 

Ella Kichline was born in West Bethlehem, Pa., June 
25, 1872; on May 16, 1891, she was married to Frank 
Sell, who was born in South Bethlehem, Pa., March i, 
1872. Child:— Hilda. 

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122 THE BOEHM FAMILY 

David H. Eshbach was born in Salisbury Township, 
October 24, 1867; on August 15, 1889, he married Sarah 
E. Eichelberger, who was born in Upper Saucon Town- 
ship, December 6, 1867. Children: — Rollin M. and 
Clyde A. 

Ellen V. Eshbach was born in Upper Saucon Town- 
ship, July 14, 1869; on February 27, 1889, she was mar- 
ried to Elmer J. Gangawere, who was born in Lower Sau- 
con Township, November 29, 1869. 

Sylvanus E. Eshbach was born in Upper Saucon Town- 
ship, August 25, 1872; on August 22, 1891, he married 
Ida C. Knecht, who was born in Salisbury Township, 
August 14, 1868. 

Cora L. Boehm was born in Lower Saucon Township, 
February 28, 1875; on July 26, 1896, she was married to 
Albert E. Schoenenberger. 

Lillie E. Boehm was born in Lower Saucon Township, 
November 24, 1877; on March 6, 1895, she was married 
to Sanford W. Thatcher. 

Alfred T. Boehm was born in Lower Saucon Township, 
March 6, 1871. On November 21, 1891, he married 
Annie M. Miller, who was born in Allen Township, July 
25» 1873. Children: — Thomas S., Oliver A. and Franklin 

Anna M. Boehm was born in Lower Saucon Township, 
October i, 1872, and died December 26, 1893; on July 
28, 1888, she was married to John Ruth. Children: — 
Henry H., deceased; Albert S., Elmer J. and Hattie M., 
deceased. 

Wilson H. Boehm, born in Lower Saucon Township, 
February 25, 1875; '^^ September, 1899, ^^^ was married 
to Minnie M. Doudt, born in South Bethlehem, Pa., July 
24, 1882. They have one child. 

Flora Catherine Boehm, born in Lower Saucon Town- 
ship, June 2, 1881 ; she was married September 7, 1900, 
to Harry Harwi, born in South Bethlehem, Pa., Novem- 



DESCENDENTS 123 

ber 6, 1881. Children :—EIroy Joseph and Wilbur Glad- 
stone. 

Peter J. Boehm was born in Lower Saucon Township, 
November 10, 1875; on May 12, 1894, he married Mamie 
Hutchinson, who was born at Hokendauqua, Pa., De- 
cember 18, 1873. Child: — Frank A. 

William H. Kichline was born in Emaus, Pa., October 
30, 1857; on February 10, 1883, he married Lovina Ruth, 
who was born in Springfield Township, February 7, 1863. 
Children: — Jennie M., Annie M., deceased; Lucy A., 
Flossie M., William P. and Bessie L. 

Ida M. Kichline was born in Bethlehem Township, No- 
vember 18, 1880; she was married to Allen J. Laubach,* 
who was born in Lower Saucon Township, May 9, 1854. 
Child : — William J., deceased. 

James J. Kichline was born in Bethlehem Township, 
January 14, 1861 ; on February 21, 1891, he married Ida 
M. Ache,j- who was born in Lower Saucon Township, 
January 15, 1871. Children: — Blanche B. and Verna 
M., Hilmah K. 

George H. Kichline was born August 5, 1862, in Le- 
high Township; on June 9, 1892, he married Mary Hepp, 
of Ohio, who was born September 7, 1861. Children: — 
Gertie M. and Warren M. 

John F. Kichline was born in Lehigh Township, April 
6, 1864; on September 21, 1889, he married Susanna M. 
Lambert, who was born in Lower Saucon Township, 
April 3, 1869. Children: — Florence A., Howard E. and 
Stella M. 

Charles W. Kichline was born in Lehigh Township, 
February 12, 1868; on October 3, 1895, he married 
Louisa Weaver, who was born in Lower Saucon Town- 
ship, November 8, 1872. Child: — Harleigh P. 

* For further record see page 147. t See page 134, 



124 THE BOEHM FAMILY 

Anna C. Kichline was born in Lehigh Township, April 
i8, 1869; on May 7, 1892, she was married to Jonas 
Brobst, who was born in Lynn Township, January i, 
1864. 

Rosa A. KichHne was born in Lehigh Township, No- 
vember 14, 1870; on January 10, 1891, she was married 
to L Lewis Nickum,* who was born in Hellertown, Pa., 
April 10, 1870. Children: — Charles J., Florence L., de- 
ceased, William A., Maude K., and John L. 

Alfred J. Kichline, born May 27, 1877, on February 28. 
1S9/, he was married to Martha Agsten, born in Ger- 
many. 

Harry B. Kichline, born January 26, 1879; on May 31, 
1900, he was married to Helen Krause. They have one 
child, Norman, born January 23, 1901. 

George A. Hoffert was born at Friedensville, Pa., Sep- 
tember 14, 1861; on November 17, 1888, he married El- 
len Ruth, who was born in South Bethlehem, Pa., July 
8, 1869. Children: — Lawrence S.. born November 23, 
1892; Addie M., born June 3, 1894; Stella, November 17, 
1896; Emma, born April 10, 1897; George Dewey, born 
January i, 1899, and Howard E., born May 5, 1900. 

Maria Hoffert was born at Friedensville, Pa., October 
21, 1867; on April 5, 1890, she was married to William 
H, Frey, who was born in Lehigh County, Pa., Decem- 
ber 22, 1863. Children: — Lawrence W., born March 9, 
1891 ; Stanley H., born July 16, 1892; Clifford, born Au- 
gust 16, 1897; Russell, born September 27, 1900. 

William T. Hoffert was born in Lower Saucon Town- 
ship, September 11, 1876; on November 16, 1895, he 
married Ida A. Adams, who was born at Durham, Pa., 
August 12, 1875. Children: — LeRoy G., born March 14, 
1896, and Edith, born August, 1900. 

* For further record see page 144. 



DESCENDENTS 125 

Harry Hoffert, born in Lower Saucon Township, was 
married January 20, 1900, to Gertrude Hess. One child, 
Margaret Louise, born June 6, 1901. 

William F. Ruch was born in Lower Saucon Township, 
September 29, 1872, died January 21, 1898; on November 
II, 1894, he married Meta E. Gangawere, who was born 
in Seidersville, Pa., November 2, 1875. 

Minnie C. Ruch was born in Lower Saucon Township, 
November 6, 1873; on April 10, 1890, she was married 
to Jacob J. Apple. Child: — Anna R. 

Ida C. Muschlitz, married to Henry F. Mease; she died 
September 23, 1895. Children: — Henry R. and Esther 

Hugh S. Tool married Rosa Johnson. Children : — Lil- 
lian, Nellie and Rosa. 

Ida S. S. Benner was born in South Bethlehem, Pa., 
March 19, 1865; on February 22, 1889, she was married 
to Martin Heller, who was born in Monroe County, Pa., 
February 19, 1867. Children: — Vinnie C. and May. 

Monford A. Benner was born in South Bethlehem, Pa., 
September 11, 1869; on December 24, 1888, he married 
Emma Brown, who was born in South Bethlehem, Pa.. 
March i, 1870. Children: — Floyd and Helen M. 

Irvin T. Benner was born in South Bethlehem, Pa., 
July 22, 1872; on 'November 13, 1892, he married Martha 
V. Luckenbach, who was born in Bethlehem, Pa., Febru- 
ary 14, 1873. Child: — Rollin J, L. 

Charles W. Giess was born at Reading, Pa., November 
9, 1847; he married Amanda S. M. Leinberger. Chil- 
dren: — Frank U., Edgar C, Howard G. and Mary C. 

Mary J. Giess was born at Allentown, Pa., September 
4, 1855; she was married to Edward J. Lentz. Children: 
— Macie M., Carrie P., Elsie S. and Howard E. 

Annie M. Giess was born at Allentown, Pa.„ May 22, 
1858; on April 13, 1880, she was married to Llewellyn J. 



126 THE BOEHM FAMILY 

Heller, who was born in Upper Saucon Township, Febru- 
ary 25, 1856. Children: — Roger P. and Claire A. 

Ella V. Stuber was born January 2t„ 1866; she was 
married to George Willenbegher. Children : — William 
J., Robert G. and Frank U. 

Minnie B. Stuber was born September 11, 1867; she 
was married to Elmer Reinhard, November 14, 1888. 
Child :— George E. O. 

Lottie C. Stuber was born February 10, 1877; she was 
married to Robert Henninger. 

Arthur C. Abele was born December 22, 1863; he mar- 
ried Julia Brown, with whom he had two children, viz:— - 
Carrie A. and Arthur C, His second wife was Mary 
Piatt, with whom he had one child, Helen A. 

Mary E. Scattergood was born at Philadelphia, July 
6, 1850; she was married to Robert P. Radcliff. 

William Scattergood was born at Philadelphia, May 

28, 1852; he married Catharine Sweeny. 

William Ruth was born at Springtown, Pa., November 

29, 1849. O" ^'^^y 5,i87o,he married Mary A. Canning,who 
was born in Philadelphia, August 18, 1852. Children: — 
Addie E., wife of Henry F. Medler; Mary C, Stephen A., 
Ellen C, Nelson C, Mabel O., Hattie A., William F., 
Howard L., Bertha E., Earl C. and Margaret E. 

Stephen Ruth was born at Durham, Pa,, October 26, 
1867; on June 26, 1880, he married Araminda Ruff, who 
was born in Lower Saucon Township, May 4, 1868. 
Children: — Araminda S., Annie M., George F., Willie E., 
Stella M., Mary L., Florence M. and Clarence A. 

Annie Ruth was born in Lower Saucon Township, 
March 13, 1868. She was married to Gottlieb Ruff. 
Children:— Mamie, Robert, Addie, Willlie, Elsie and 
Charles. 

Catharine Ruth was married to Harvey Stauffer. 'i 



DESCENDENTS 127 

John Ruth was born in Lower Saucon Township, May 
13, 1867; on July 28, 1888, he married Anna M. Boehm, 
who was born in Lower Saucon Township, October i, 
1872. Children: — Henry H., deceased; Albert S., Elmer 
J. and Hattie M., deceased. 

Ida M. Ruth was born in Lower Saucon Township, 
April 15, i860, and died May 7, 1886. She was married 
to Tilghman Breisch. 

Laura E. Ruth was born in Lower Saucon Township, 
June 9, 1862; she was married to Frederic Wirth, and died 
May 26, 1890. 

Henry Ruth was born in Lower Saucon Township, Oc- 
tober I, 1871 ; on July 15, 1893, he married Addie L 
Riegel. 

Ellen Boger was married to Samuel Philippi. Children : 
— Stella and Claude. 

Annie Boger was married to Samuel Focht. Children : 
— Howard, Walter, Edward and Raymond. 

Sarah Boger was married to Daniel Miller. Child : — 
George. 

Anna C. Dimmick was born in Durham, Pa., October 
13, 1852; on November 17, 1869, she was married to 
Michael Burkhardt, who was born in Hesse Darmstadt, 
June 9, 1848. Children :— William H., Annie E., Wilhel- 
mina F., John L., James M., Mary C, Gertrude E., 
Michael F., Peter D., deceased; Mary A., Elizabeth L, 
Charles W. H., John D. and Joseph A. 

Emaline Dimmick was born in Uhlersville, Pa., April 
8, 1854; she was married to Nelson Hester, who was born 
in Forks Township, December 25, 1840. 

Susanna Dimmick was born in Uhlersville, Pa. ; she 
was married to Jacob H. Hemmerly. Children: — Wil- 
liam D., Plelen L., Bessie A., Marion E., Charles J., James 
N. and Kenneth R. 



128 THE BOEHM FAMILt 

James O. Dimmick was born in Lower Saucon Town- 
ship, August 26, 1857; on April 10, 1879, he married Jen- 
nie Anthony, who was born at Freemansburg, Pa., De- 
cember 6, 1859. Children: — William M., Florence M. 
and Mary A., deceased. 

Francis Dimmick was born in Lower Saucon Town- 
ship, in September, 1859. He married Theresa Bauch- 
hammer, who was born at Johnstown, Pa. Children : — 
Helen, living, and Mary, Annie E., George, and James, 
deceased. 

Mary A. Dimmick was born at Colesville, Pa., Sep- 
tember 29, 1863. She was married to George Deemer, 
with whom she had two children, viz: Helen L. and 
Charles B. Her second husband was William Robinson, 
with whom she had one child — Evelyn. 

William H. Dimmick was born in Centre Valley, Pa. 
He married Mary Tuhey, of Philadelphia. Children : — 
Mary, Ella, and Bessie L, deceased. 

Ellen E. Dimmick was married to Lewis Boyer, June 
9, 1878. Children :— Mary W., Emily R. and Charles 
\V., deceased. 

George W. Weber was born in Bethlehem, Pa., July 
7, 1875; on May 21, 1895, he married Minnie R. Haines, 
who was born in Bethlehem, Pa., November 20, 1874. 
Child:— Marion R. 

Edward Billheimer married Anna E. . Child : 

— Jennie M. 

Monford Billheimer married Emma . Chil- 
dren: — George O., Mabel, Harvey S., Annie E. and Ber- 
tha A. 

Julia Riddle was married to Dr. William Henry, of 
Stroudsburg, Pa., on December 25, 1891. Child: — Mar- 
guerite. 

Emerson E. Billheimer married Clara S. Swartz. 
Child :— Clayton E. 



DESCENDENtS 12§ 

Laura R. Billheimer was married to Erwin R. Luch. 
Child :— Myron J. 

Julia E. Billheimer was born in Arkansas, August 27, 
1870; on June 3, 1896, she was married to Thomas T. 
Meyers, of Litchfield, 111. 

Charles W. Billheimer married Katie E. Fry in August, 
1894. 

Clayton S. Reiss was born at Hellertown, Pa., April 
2, 1864. He married Annie Wimmer, May 27, 1893. 

Ida J. Reiss was born in Lower Saucon Township, 
April 14, 1865; she was married to William Eckert. Chil- 
dren: — Lizzie, Lillie, Howard, Elsie, Robert, Hattie, 
Ellwood, Mary and Willie. 

Susan E. Reiss was born in Lower Saucon Township, 
April 27, 1867; she was married to Charles Steinman. 

Lillie G. Reiss was born in Lower Saucon Township, 
July 29, 1873; she was married to Benjamin Lambert. 
Children : — Annie, Clayton, and Ambrose. 

Llewellyn Werst was born July 11, 1858. He married 
Sarah Williams. Children : — Merrill and Lulu. 

Erwin Werst was born December 26, i860; on October 
9. 1874, he married Alvesta C. Pearson, who was born 
February 22, 1861. Children: — Clarence G., Herbert 
M., Belle V. and Miriam P. 

Emma A. Werst was born May 11, 1864. Her first 
husband was Frank Scharer. On March 22, 1888, she 
was married to George F. Kresge, who was born March 
13, 1861. Child: — Bertine E. Scharer. 

Howard Werst was born April 5, 1867; on January 15, 
1887, he married Jennie A. Smock, who was born No- 
vember 26, 1867. Children: — Harold O., Neal O., Her- 
ma P. and Myra A. 

Flora R. Werst was born September 8, 1862; on Sep- 
tember 17, 1892, she was married to John G. Beutel, who 



130 THE BOEHM FAMILY 

was born October i, 1864. Children: — Herbert and Clus- 
ton. 

Harrison J. Werst was born September 29, 1863. On 
June 6. 1887. he married Katie A. IMack, who was born 
in Bethlehem, Pa., January 29, 1868. Children: — Roy 
and DeForest. 

Clinton L. Werst was born December 18, 1865; on 
March 7, 1887. he married Ala vesta Patterson, who w^as 
born September 19. 1866. Children: — Bessie, Stella, 
Garrett, Lillie and Jennie. 

Jennie H. Werst was born July 13. 1871. On Sep- 
tember 28, 1897, she was married to John H. Peiffer, who 
wa*? born September 28, 1869. 

Franklin J. Werst was born February 5, 1873. On 
June 22. 1896, he married Martha S. Breisch, who was 
born July 4. 1873. Child: — Charles F. 



VIII 

Laura M. Yeager was born at Allentown, Pa., October 
19, 1866. On December 16, 1891. she was married to 
Asa Wise. Children : — May and Una. 

Alvin F. Stem was born March 11, 1877, in Plainfield 
Township; on June 20, 1896, he married Katherine M. 
Hines, who was born in New York City, November 20, 
1876. 

Macie M. Lentz was born in Allentown, Pa., May 26, 
1874; on May 2. 1895, she was married to Wilson P. 
Laufer, of South Bethlehem, Pa. 

Frank U. Giess was born at Slatington, Pa., October 
7, 1872. He married Emma Sachs. 

Aiidie E. Ruth was born in South Bethlehem, Pa., Janu- 
ary II, 1871; on February 11. 1892, she was married to 
Plenry F. Aledlar, who was born in South Bethlehem, Pa.. 
November 29. 1866. Children: — Charles H. and Helen 



DESCENDENTS 131 

Annie E. Burkhardt was bom in South Bethlehem, Pa., 
October 24, 1871. On October 21, 1890, she was mar- 
ried to Henr\^ Ross, who was born in Boston, Alass., Sep- 
tember 8, 1859. Children: — William B. and Henry A. 

Arthur C. Boehm, born in Philadelphia, September 
8, 1879; he married Emily Ritter, born in Bethlehem, Pa. 

Jennie May Kichline, born in 1882, is married to Wil- 
liam Carney. They have one child. 




In the following article will be found a complete list of the descend- 
ents of Susanna Boehm, (IV), and her husband Jacob Ochs. 

In order that the reader may thoroughly understand the arrange- 
ment of the families in this article, roman figures after the name in 
parenthesis, thus : — " Susanna Boehm, (IV)," indicates the generation to 
which they belong, viz •.—\}xq. fourth ^ or whatever the figures might be. 
In each family where practicable, their family lineage is brought down 
to date, always commencing with the oldest one in the family. 

I desire to acknowledge my indebtedness to Mr. William B. Speng- 
ler, of Bethlehem, Pa,, for his valuable assistance in collecting the 
material of the "Aaron Buchecker Family," and that of the "Philip 
Ochs Family." 

Whatever slight inperfections may be found, we are confident that 
the result of these researches will be appreciated by many who are 
rightly proud of their family lineage, and whose encouragement ha» 
been of great assistance in compiling this article. 

Ths PUBUSHfiK. 



DESCENDENTS 

OP 

JACOB OCHS AND WIFE SUSANNA BOEHM 

IV 



Jacob Ochs was born in Upper Milford Township, then 
Northampton County, Pa., on June 8, 1776; died May 
9, 1866. He was married to Susanna Boehm,* (IV), born 
June 14, 1776, and Urd December 19, 1846. Both are 
buried at the Lower Saucon Church. He was a son of 
A. Mathias Ochs and wife Rosina (Schwenk), who came 
to this country from Germany about the year 1747, and 
settled in Upper Milford Township. They had the fol- 
lowing children, viz: — Mary, (V), married to John Ache; 
Charles, Jacob, David, Jesse, John, Philip, and Susanna, 
married to Aaron Buchecker. 



THE ACHE FAMILY. 

Mary Ochs, (V), born in Lower Saucon Township, July 
18, 1796, died May 25, 1883; she was married to John 
Ache, (son of Ludwig Ache,) born in Lower Saucon, May 
5, 1793, and died December 12, 1856. Both are buried at 
Lower Saucon Church. Their children are as follows: — 
Samuel, (VI), David, John O., Charles O., Peter O., Jesse, 
Susanna, Jacob, Elizabeth, Mary and Sarah. 

Samuel Ache, (VI). No record. 

David Ache, (VI). No record. 

* See page loi. 

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134 THE BOEHM FAMILY 

JOHN O. ACHE FAMILY. 

John O. Ache, (VI), was born in Lower Saucon Town- 
ship, August 31, 1820; died December 15, 1892. He 
was married January 22, 1844, to Sarah Wasser, born in 
Lower Saucon Township, June 21, 1826. Their ten 
children (all born in Lower Saucon Township) are as fol- 
lows: — Henry M., (VII), Amanda, Mary, Thomas, John, 
Susanna, Hannah, Titus, Adaline and Lillie. 

HENRY M. ACHE FAMILY. 

Henry M. Ache, (VII), born October 30, 1847. On 
July 9, 1870, he married Matilda W. Muschlitz, who was 
born in Lower Saucon Township, April 26, 1851. Their 
children are as follows, viz: — Ida M., (VIII), Stephen H.. 
Oscar M., Cora P., Allen A., Myrtie M., Harry L., Vin- 
cent F. and Asher A. 

Ida M. Ache, (VIII), born January 15, 1871 ; on Feb- 
ruary 21, 1891. she was married to James J. Kichline, 
(VII), bom January 14, 1861. Children: — Blanche B., 
(IX), born September 29, 1891 ; Verna M., born May 25, 

1896, and Hilmah, born September 20, 1901. All of the 
above children were born in Lower Saucon Township. 

Stephen H. Ache, (VIII), born at Hellertown, Pa., 
April 19, 1872; was married September 16, 1893, to Lil- 
lie Reiss. Children: — Jennie M., (IX), born August 
6, 1894, died August 14, 1895; Hattie M., born January 
10, 1896, died March 10, 1896; Eva J., born January 15, 

1897, died April 27, 1897; Margaret, born June 2. 1898; 
Asher, born May 29, 1899. All of the above children 
were born in Lower Saucon Township. 

Oscar M. Ache, (VIII), was bom at Hellertown, Pa., 
December i, 1873. 

Cora P. Ache, (VIII), born in Lower Saucon Town- 
ship, July 25, 1876; she was married January 16, 1897, to 



DESCENDENTS 135 

John Krause, of South Bethlehem, Pa. They have one 
daug-litcr, Harriet, (IX), born in Lower Saiicon Town 
ship, July 28, 1897. 

Allen A. Ache, (VIII), born at Hellertown, Pa., De- 
cember 22, 1878; was married January 21, 1899, to Car- 
rie Dimmick. Children: — Charlotte M., (IX), born 
April 14, 1899, and Marion M., born December 23, 1900. 
Both born at Hellertown, Pa. 

Myrtie M. Ache, (VIII), born at Hellertown, Pa., Jan- 
uary 8, 1881 ; she was married December 14, 1901, to 
Thomas Lawrence. One child, born June 14, 1902. 

Harry L. Ache, (VIII), born at Hellertown, Pa., Janu- 
ary 21, 1885. 

Vincent F. Ache, (VIII), born at Hellertown, Pa., 
April 5, 1886. 

Asher A. Ache, (VIII), born at Hellertown, Pa., March 
3, 1889, died April 12th of the same year. Buried at 
Hellertown, Pa. 



Amanda Ache, (VII), born in Lower Saucon Town- 
ship, October 29, 1848, and died April 26, 1851; buried 
at Lower Saucon Church. 



GEORGE GIFFERT FAMILY. 

Mary Ache, (VII), born in Lower Saucon Township, 
September 30, 1850; married May 15, 1869, to George 
Giffert, born January 20, 1847. Children: — Emma, 
(VIII), John M., Mary and Oscar. 

Emma Giffert, (VIII), born January 5, 1870; married 
to Henry Hillegas. 

Mary Giffert, (VIII), born June 20, 1872; married to 
Glassmeyer. 



136 THE BOEHM FAMILY 

THOMAS ACHE FAMILY. . " 

Thomas Ache, (VH), born March 7, 1852; married 
on March 20, 1880, to Amanda E. Lynn, born June 4, 
1859; died July 2, 1898. Buried at Hellertown, Pa. 
Their children are Allen J., (VIII), born September 16, 
1880; Robert E., born April 8, 1883; Austin V., born 
September 2, 1885; Thomas, born April 18, 1889; died 
October 17, 1893, and is buried at Hellertown, Pa.; Eliza- 
beth M., born March 30, 1892, died October 25, 1893. 
buried at Hellertown, Pa.; Mary M., born January 14, 
1895, and Amanda J., born June 27, 1898. All the above 
children were born in Lower Saucon Township, except 
Thomas, who was born in Hellertown, Pa. 



John Ache, (VII), was born in Lower Saucon Town- 
ship. About the year 1894 he met with an accident 
on the North Penn Railroad above Hellertown and died 
the following day in St. Luke's Hospital, South Bethle- 
hem, Pa. Buried at Hellertown, Pa. 



JOSIAH CHAMBERLIN FAMILY. 

Susanna Ache, (VII), born February 9, 1858; she was 
married to Josiah Chamberlin, born September 4, 1841 ; 
died February 15, 1902. Children: — Charles, (VIII), 
Vincent W., Grace I. and Paul M. 

Charles Chamberlin, (VIII), born September 5, 1875; 
was married October 25, 1899, to Hattie Bachman. They 
have one son, Allen, (IX), born October 25, 1900. 

Vincent Chamberlin, (VIII), born 'November i, 1878. 

Grace Chamberlin, (VIII), born September 8, 1881. 

Paul M. Chamberlin, (VIII), born November 11, 1890; 
died May 29, 1897. 



DESCENDENTS 137 

Hannah Ache, (VII), born May 9, 1866; was married 
May 8, 1894, to Theodore Getter, born March 6, 1861. 
They have one son, Earl Henry, (VIII), who was born 
October 21, 1894. 



Titus F. Ache, (VII), born March 16, 1863; on May 
30, 1882, he married Laura Brunnell, born July 21, 1863. 
Children:— Elsie M., (VIII), born April 14, 1883; Agatha 
W., born November 5, 1884; Clara B., born October 25, 
1886; Bertha J., born May 9, 1892; Phoebe S., born April 
22, 1885, and Hattie L., born June 8, 1896. 



Adaline Ache, (VII), born April 4, 1868; was married 
December 21, 1885, to Henry C. Gross, born February 
19, 1868. Children :— Ray H., (VIII), born June 14, 
1887, died in South Bethlehem, Pa., July 3.(. 1887; Eva 
M., born March 28, 1889; Hannah, born March 4, 1898; 
Helen May, born June 22, 1899, and Charles Russell, 
born September 2, 1900. 



Lillie Ache, (VII), born December 8,1870; was married 
to John G. Wasser, born January 6, 1867. Children: — 
George F., (VIII), born May 5, 1893; Wilbur, born June 
2, 1894; Marion, born October 21, 1897, and May, born 
March 4, 1898. All of the above children were born in 
Lower Saucon Township. 



CHARLES O. ACHE FAMILY. 

Charles O. Ache, (VI), was born February 11, 1831, in 
Lower Saucon Township; died August 20, 1899. On 
February 5, 1855, he was married to Mary Stem, born 
June 5, 1832; died January 22, 1892. Both are buried at 
Hellertown, Pa. They had six children, viz: — Tillie, 
(VII), Catherine, Jeremiah, Alice, EH and Addison. 

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138 THE BOEHM FAMILY 

Tillie Ache, (VII), born November 27, 1856. She was 
married to a Mr. Reinhard. 

Catharine Ache, (VII), born in Lower Saucon Town- 
ship, October 5, 1857; she was married to Samuel H. 
Grube, born October 20, 1853. Children: — Ida A., 
(VIII), Oliver H., Charles W., LilHe J., Samuel P., Stella 
M., and Katie M. 

Jeremiah Ache, (VII), born in Lower Saucon Town- 
ship, April 5, 1859; was married July 24, 1881, to Ala ves- 
ta Bader, born in Lower Saucon Township, August 14, 
1863. Children: — Harvey, (VIII), born December 6, 
1882; Annie M., born May 12, 1884; Charles, born Janu- 
ary I, 1886; Archie, born June 17 ,1885. All of the above 
children were born in Lower Saucon Township. 

Alice Ache, (VII), born in Lower Saucon Township, 
September 27, 1864; is married to Harvey Wolbach. 

Eli Ache, (VII), born in Lower Saucon Township, No- 
vember II, 1867; married December 20, 1891, to Re- 
becca Billiard, born May 15, 1871. Children: — Goldie 
M., (VIII), Minnie E., Eleanor E., William H. and Irene 

Addison Ache, (VII), born in Lower Saucon Town- 
ship, March 20, 1871 ; was married June 17, 1893, to 
Irene Miller, born in Bucks County, Pa., December 27, 
1873. Children :— Edward C, (VIII), and Howard A. 



PETER O. ACHE FAMILY. 

Peter O. Ache, (VI), born in Lower Saucon Township, 
November 6, 1824; he was married April 3, 1845, to Le- 
vina Reichard, born November 24, 1827. Their chil- 
dren are as follows: — James R., (VII), SusilHa, Titus R., 
Salome, Samuel R., Amos R., Emma E., Frank R., and 
Peter R. 

James R. Ache, (VII), born in Durham Township, 
Bucks County, Pa., and is married to Lena Sloyer. Chil- 



DESCENDENTS 139 

dren : — James, (VIII), Lillie M., Stokes, Rosa L., Martha 
A., Christiana, .William H., Mabel A., Minnie P. and 

Franklin S. 

SusilliaAchc, (VII), born October 15,1851, died March 
22, 1874. Burried at Lower Saucon Church. Not mar- 
ried. 

Titus R. Ache, (VII), born March 8, 1855, in Lower 
Saucon Township ; he was married to Malinda Raub, 
born in Durham Township, Bucks County, Pa., died June 

1, 1898; buried at Durham, Pa. Children: — Erwin, 
(VIII), deceased; Stella and Jennie. 

Samuel R. Ache, (VII), born November 12, 1856, in 
Lower Saucon Township; he married Katie Helms. 
Children : — Lizzie, (VIII), Ella and Carrie. 

Ella Ache, (VIII),is married to Daniel Illick. They 
have two children. 

Amos R. Ache, (VII), born March 21, 1861 ; on 'No- 
vember 27, 1886, he was married to Katie M. Ruch. 
Children: — Charles, (VIII), born January 31, 1888; 
Laura May, born July 23, 1889; Emily Katie, born June 

2, 1893, died February 9, 1895; Flora Hattie, born June 
I, 1897, died January 12, 1899; Harley P., born March 22, 
1898. All the above children were born in Lower Sau- 
con Township. 

Salome Ache, (VII), is married to Eli Sharer. 

Frank R. Ache, (VII), married to a daughter of L. H. 
V/agner. 

Emma Elizabeth Ache, (VII), born March 3, 1863; 
married to John Pearson. Their children are William, 
(VIII), deceased, and Annie. 

Peter R. Ache, (VII), born in Durham Township, Bucks 
County, Pa., August 15, 1867; was married in December, 
1889, to Ida Roth, born in Bucks County, Pa., March 21, 
1867. Children: — Carrie, (VIII), born at Leithsville; 



140 THE BOEHM FAMILY 

Mabel, born in Durham; Adam, born April 19, 1892, in 
Durham; Eva, born at Hellertown; Florence Matilda, 
born November 29, 1895, at Hellertown; Clara, and 
Steward, born in Lower Saucon. 



JESSE ACHE FAMILY. 

Jesse Ache, (VI), born in Lower Saucon Township, 
August 2, 1833; died at Hellertown, Pa., July 13, 18951 
On June 10, 1862, he married Fanny Fuhr, who was born 
in Lower Saucon Township, December 10, 1833. They 
had one son, viz: — David Harrison, (VII), who was born 
in Lower Saucon Township, November 22, 1865; he was 
married December 22, 1887, to Laura Wagner, born in 
Lower Saucon Township, July 3, 1864; died August 12, 
1895. Curied at Lower Saucon. By this marriage they 
had one daughter: — Frankie Folsom, (VIII), born near 
Hellertown, Pa., July 6, 1888. He was married a second 
time, in the year 1901, to , born in Glasgow, Scot- 
land. 



SAMUEL A. WASSER FAMILY. 

Susanna Ache, (VI), was born in Lower Saucon Town- 
ship, January 10, 1822, and died July 30, 1868; on June 
14, 1846, she was married to Samuel A. Wasser, born 
October 28, 1820, in Lower Saucon Township. Their 
children are, Quintus M., (VII), Anna M., Elemina A., 
Silas A., Lucy M., Clara S. and Arabella R. 

Quintus M. Wasser, (VII), born in Lower Saucon 
Township, June 13, 1847; ^i^d March 7, 1895. On June 
20, 1870, he married Sarah E. Litzenberger, born in 
Whitehall, Lehigh County, Pa., in the year 1845. Their 
children are Estella S., (VIII)), and Willis H. 

Anna M. Wasser, (VII), born in Lower Saucon Town- 
ship, October 7, 1848; she was married to Wilson F. 



DESCENDENTS 141 

Stanffer, born in Lower Saucon Township, August 8, 
1847. Their children are Edgar A., (VIII), J. WilHs, 
Daisy I., Herbert S., Elsie V. and infant daughter. 

Edgar A. Stauffer, (VIII), was born in Hellertown, Pa., 
October 21, 1872; on June 27, 1895, he married Matilda 
Giinter, who was born in Germany, April 20, 1878. 

Elemina A. Wasser, (VII), born in Lower Saucon 
Township, February 28, 1888. In September, 1869, she 
was married to Levi Y. Andre, who was born in Plain- 
field Township, in the year 1844. Their children are Ida 
M., (VIII), A. Dawson, Steward S., Meta V., Zelda V., 
Elsie and Urban L. 

Silas A. Wasser, (VII), born in Lower Saucon Town- 
ship, December 31, 1851; on January 20, 1883, he mar- 
ried Emma S. Unangst, who was born in Lower Saucon 
Township, December 26, 1863. Their two children are 
Orestes E., (VIII), and Irma F. 

Arabella A. Wasser, (VII), born February 25, 1865; 
on November 7, 1887, she was married to Valentine 
Bauer, who was born in Germany, May 27, 1853. Chil- 
dren:— Zelda v., (VIII), Estella M. and Kenneth L. 



GODFREY LONG FAMILY. 

Sarah Ache, (VI), was born in Lower Saucon Town- 
ship, and is married to Godfrey Long, who was born in 
Durham Township, Bucks County, Pa. Children:— 
Thomas, (VII), Madison, Jane and Quintus. 

Thomas Long, (VII), was born in Durham Township, 
February 14, 1850; was married December 25, 1871, to 
Emma E. Lantz, born May 25, 1844, in Bethlehem Town- 
ship, Pa. Children : — Steward T., (VIII), and Jennie C. 

Steward T. Long, (VIII), born in Bethlehem, Pa., 
April 19, 1873. 



142 THE BOEHM FAMILY 

Jennie C. Long, (VIII), born in Springtown, Pa., Au- 
gust 19, 1878. Married. 

Madison Long, (VII), born in Durham Township, 
Bucks County, Pa., August 12, 1851, and is married to 
AHce Laudenbergcr. Children : — Carrie, (VIII), and 
James. 

Carrie Long, (VIII), born in Lower Saucon Town- 
ship, and is married to George Ruth. They have one 
child, Ellen, (IX.) 

Jane Long, (VII), born in Lower Saucon Township, 
and is married to August Ye lies. No further record 
of this family. 

Ouintus Long, (VII), born in Lower Saucon Town- 
ship, and married Ida Sandt. 



WILLIAM REILY FAMILY. 

Elizabeth Ache, (VI), born in Lower Saucon Town- 
ship, February 10, 1827; on October 29, 1848, she was 
married to William Reily, born in Bethlehem Township, 
July 4, 1826. Their six children are as follows: — James, 
(VII), Mathias, Mary A., John W., William H., and 
Emma. All the above children were born in Lower 
Saucon Township. 

James Reily, (VII), born February 5, 1850, died April 
21, 1871 ; buried at Lower Saucon Church. Not mar- 
ried. 

Mathias Reily, (VII), born October 29, 185 1 ; was mar- 
ried February 16, 1878, to Alice Koch, deceased. He 
was married a second time on September 21, 1895, to 
Sarah Fuhr, Ijorn September 28, 1845. No children. 

Mary Ann Reily, (VII), born August 25, 1856; she was 
married October 12, 1877, to William Young, born in 
Lower Saucon Township, June 30, 1844. Children: — 



George, (VIII), born February 14, 1878; Cora, born June 
30, 1883; and Elva, born November 14, 1879. 

John W. Reily, (VII), born October 15, 1861 ; on Au- 
gust 6, 1887, he married Anna Schrantz, born in Lower 
Saucon Township, December 26, 1866. Children: — 
Stella May, (VIII), born May 9, 1888; William Henry, 
born February 13, 1890; Earl Wilson, born May 25, 1891 ; 
Steward Calvin, born March 24, 1893, and Hattie Luella, 
born March 20, 1895. All of the above children were 
born in Lower Saucon, except Earl Wilson, who was born 
in Forks Township. 

William H. Riley, (VII), born November 15, 1864; on 
January i, 1891, he married Carrie J. Stein, born May 23, 
1872, in Lower Saucon Township. Children: — Herbert 
W., (VIII). born May 12, 1891 ; Charles G., born Decem- 
ber 18, 1892; Elsie R., born September 29, 1894; Wilbur 
H., born June 19, 1896, and Mabel M., born September 
14, 1900. All were born in Lower Saucon Township. 

Emma Reily, (VII), born May 15, 1870; was married 
July I, 1889, to William Brandt. Children: — James, 
(VIII), born February 11, 1891 ; Erwin, born March i, 
1897, and Robert, born February 6, 1899. 



JACOB NICKUM FAMILY. 

Mary Ache, (VI), born in Lower Saucon Township, 
February 6, 1835, and died October 13, 1892. On April 
12, 1855, she was married to Jacob Nickum, born in 
Lower Saucon Township, April 14, 1822. The children 
are: — Margaret Jane, (VII), Charles A., John A., Mary 
A., Oliver A., Benjamin F., Flora E., Jacob H., Isaac L., 
Carrie V. and Laura M. 

Margaret Jane, (VII), born in Lower Saucon Town- 
ship, September 25, 1855; she was married to Fran- 



iU 'fHE BOEHM FAMlLt 

cis M, Boehm, (VII) Their children are: — Arthur C, 
(VIII), Frank W., Earl, Mabel C. and M. 

Charles A. Nickum, (VII), born in Hellertown, 
Pa., December 2, 1856; on March 24, 1886, he was mar- 
ried to Henrietta J. Wallace, who was born in Canada, 
July 16, 1859. Their children are Gladys E., (VIII), C. 
Clyde, Blanche B. and Wallace. 

John J. Nickum, (VII), born October 8, 1858; died 
December 2, 1886, is buried at Hellertown, Pa. 

Oliver A. Nickum, (VII), born February 13, 1861 ; was 
married in May, 1896, to Hattie Clark. Children: — 
Oliver, (VIII), born in January, 1897, also one daughter, 
born November 27, 1900. 

Mary Nickum, (VII), born December i, 1861, died Sep- 
tember 17, 1 90 1, and is buried at Hellertown, Pa. 

Benjamin F. Nickum, (VII), born in Hellertown, Pa., 
October 17, 1863; on January 16, 1884, he was married 
to Katie M. Schmeider, who v\^as born in Reading, Pa., 
September 9, 1863. Their children are Oliver W., (VIII), 
Raymond C, John S. and William F, 

Jacob H. Nickum, (VII), born March 24, 1868, died 
May 23, 1901, and is buried at Hellertown, Pa. 

Isaac L. Nickum, (VII),. born in Hellertown, Pa., April 
10, 1870; on June 10, 1891, he was married to Rosa A. 
Kichline, (Vli), born in Lehigh Township, November 
14, 1870. Children :— Charles J., (VIII), born July 18, 
1892; Florence Louise, born April 27, 1894; and William 
A., Maude K., born January 24, 1900; John Lewis, born 
September i, 1901, died December 29, 1901, buried at 
Hellertown, Pa. All born in Hellertown, Pa. 

Carrie V. Nickum, (VII), born in Hellertown, Pa., No- 
vember 19, 1872; on February 11, 1890, she was married 
to Robert Roth. Children :— Maud, Helen, Gladys, Ruth 
and Robert A. 

Laura M. Nickum, (VII), born at Hellertown, Pa. 



DESCENDENTS U5 

Charles Ochs, (V), was married to Mary Hartzell. 
Children :— Frederick, (VI), Jacob, Charles, Mary, Sa- 
lome, Levina and Susanna. No further record of this 
family. 



Jacob Ochs, (V), born in the year 1800; married to 
Mary Nagel. Children: — (VI), William, Mary, Josiah, 
Jacob, Sarah Jane, Tilghman and John. 

TILGH'MAN OCHS FAMILY. 

Tilghman Ochs, (VI), born in Cherryville, Northamp- 
ton Comity, Pa., March i, 1833; was married to Sarah 
Long, born in Rockhill Township, Bucks County, Pa., 
April 14, 1838; she died August 29, 1890. and is buried 
at Allentown, Pa. Children :— Milton T. J., (VII), John 
V. A., Oscar H. E., Ida A. S., Emma S. M., Harry J. G., 
Clinton M. F., Emile 'N. A., F. Gertrude A., and Flora L. 
M. All of the above children were born in Allentown, 
Pa. 

Milton T. J. Ochs, (VII)), born June 25, 1855 ; is mar- 
ried to Lucy Oppenheimer. Children: — Katie, S., 
(VIII), A. Florence, Harry T., Mattie M., Erie J., Robert 
E., Alfred, MilHe L., Helen G., Susie A., Esther R., 
Nancy I., Frances, and Milton T. J., deceased. 

John V. A. Ochs, (VII), born July i, 1857; is mar- 
ried to Annie Moyer. No children. 

Oscar H. E. Ochs, (VII), born April 8, 1859; is married 
to Selena Roth. No children. 

Ida A. S. Ochs, (VII), born October 13, i860; she is 
married to Lewis Hamman. Children: — Carrie S.,(VIII), 
born June 2, 1880, deceased; Freddie J., born January 12, 
1883; Lizzie M., born December 15, 1885; Raymond L., 
born November 4, 1887; and John T., born June 20, 
1889, deceased. 



iiB THE BOEHM FAMILY 

Emma S. M. Ochs, (VII), born February i8, 1865, is 
married to Oscar Keck. They have one daughter, Flor- 
rie Keck, (VIII), born Jmie 19, 1887. 

Harry J. G. Ochs, (VII), born March 31, 1867; died 
May 2, 1870. 

CHnton M. F. Ochs, (VII), born February 3, 1869, is 
married to SalHe Schwoyer, born in Allentown, Pa., April 

19, 1873. Cliildren: — Dorothy Gertrude, (VIII), born 
February 20, 1895, and Tilghman D., born December 26. 
1898. 

Emile N. A. Ochs, (VII), born April 7, 1871, is mar- 
ried to W. Bion Fritchman. Children : — Marvin Le 
Grand, (VIII), born December 29, 1891 ; Emilie Marga- 
ret, born August 31, 1894; Leon Apple, born December 

20, 1896; Julia Mildred, born August 12, 1889, died Jan- 
uary 18, 1900, and Harold Ochs, born November 10. 
1901. 

F. Gertrude A. Ochs, (VII), born July 7, 1877, is mar- 
ried to Charles C .Vogt. They have one son, Charles C. 
Vogt, (VIII), born May 12, 1900. 

Flora L. M. Ochs, (VII), born June 28, 1881. 



DAVID OCHS FAMILY. 

David Ochs, (V), was born August 13, 1805, in Lower 
Saucon Township, died April 18, i860. He was married 
in March, 1834, to Olivia Opp, born in Springfield Town- 
ship, Bucks County, Pa., June 11, 181 1; died November 
28, 1895. Both are buried at Lower Saucon Church. 
They had one daughter, Amanda, (VI), who Avas born atj 
Freemansburg, Pa., on May 8, 1834; died February 14, 
1 89 1. She was married May 2, 1852, to Joseph R. Lau- 
bach, born in Williams Township, Northampton County, 
Pa., January 18, 1826; died November 28, 1882. Both 



DESCENDENTS Ul 

are buried at Lower Saticon Church. They had seven 
children, (all born in Lower Saucon Township,) viz: — 
Emma R., (VII), born in April, 1853, died May 8, 1853; 
Ellen G., born September 22, 1856, died November 26, 
1858; Cinderella, born February 9, 1861, died May 7, 
1869, all buried at Lower Saucon Church; Allen J., Sarah 
A., Harvey D. and Howard J. 

Allen J. Laubach, (VII), born November 18, 1858; v/aa 
married April 3, 1880, to Ida M. Kichline, (VII), born 
in Bethlehem Township, Northampton County, Pa 
They had one son, William Joseph Laubach, (VIII), 
born September 19, 1880, died April 7, 1881. Buried at 
Lower Saucon Church. 

Sarah A. Laubach, (VII), born December 4, 1858. 

Harvey D. Laubach, (VII), the publisher of this book. 

Howard J. Laubach, (VII), born March 5, 1868; was 
married in August, 1891, to Sallie Gutekunst, born Janu- 
ary 19, 1873, in Bucks County, Pa. Children: — Charles 
Joseph, (VIII), born February 9, 1892; Florence Carrie, 
born November 16, 1894; Sadie Emma, born March 20, 
1898, and infant son, born September 19, 1901. All of 
the above children were born near Hellertown, Pa. 



Jesse Ochs, (V), was born in Lower Saucon Township, 
in the year 1807, and was married to Sarah Christ. They 
had four children, viz: — James William, Sarah and 
Joseph. No further record of this family. 



John Ochs, (V), was born in Lower Saucon Township, 
in the year 1810, and died while quite young. 



PHILIP OCHS FAMILY. 
Philip Ochs, (V), was born March 23, 181 3, and died 
December 27, 1885. IPe was married in the year 1834 
to Susanna Schick, born in Freemanburg, Pa., October 



148 THE BOEHM FAMILY 

14, 1 814, and died April 27, 1886. Both are buried at 
Freemansbnrg-, Pa. They had nine children, viz: — 
Jacob, Tilghman, (VI), Sarah Jane, Henry, David, Isa- 
dora, Philip, Wilson, Allen Freeman, Levina and Cyrus 
George. 

Jacob Tilghman Ochs, (VI), born in Lower Saucon 
Township, October 11, 1834. Not married. He enlist- 
ed in Co. E, 47th Pa. Infantry. Died in June, 1886. 
Buried at Freemansburg, Pa. 



FREDERICK FRANKS FAMILY. 

Sarah Jane Ochs, (VI), born in Hecktown, Pa., August 
17, 1836. Died February 7, 1900; buried at Freemans- 
burg, Pa. She was married January 4, 1S66, to Freder- 
ick Franks, born in Wurteniburg, Germany, March 28, 
1 83 1. Children: — Harvey, (VII), Minnie Sue, George 
Henry, Katurah Elizabeth and Cyrus Wilson. 

Harvey Franks, (VII), born at Freemansburg, Pa., in 
the year 1866, and died in 1867. Buried at Freemans- 
burg, Pa. 

Minnie Sue Franks, (VII), born at Freemansburg, Pa., 
March 24, 1869; was married August 26, 1890, to James 
H. Schlegel, born in Moore Township, September 20, 
1864; died May 2, 1892. Buried at Freemansburg, Pa< 
With this marriage they had one son, George Henry 
Schlegel, (VIII), born at Freemansburg, Pa., December 
I, 1 89 1. She was married a second time to Oscar Levi 
Strohl, in June, 1894, who was born in Millport, Lower 
Towinsa Township, Pa., April 10, 1864. By this (sec- 
ond) marriage the children are Frederick Eugene, 
(VIII), born July 8, 1895; Charles Levi, born July 14 
1897, and Robert Harrison, born April 8, 1900. All 
born in Bethlehem, Pa. 

George Henry Franks, (VII), born in Freemansburg, 
Pa., July 5, 1872; was married to Mabel F. Nelich, who 



DESCENDENTS 149 

was born in Bethlehem, Pa., August 29, 1875. They 
hnvc one daughter, Elsie Irene Franks, . (VIII), born in 
Bethlehem, Pa., July 6, 1900. 

Katurah Elizabeth Franks, (VII), born at Freemans- 
burg, Pa., June 13, 1874; she was married and has one 
child, Florence Franks, (VIII), born in Bethlehem, Pa.. 
April 17, 1896. 

Cyrus Wilson Franks, (VII), born at Freemansburg. 
Pa., September 2t^, 1877; died October 3, 1886. Buried 
at Freemansburg, Pa. 

Henry Ochs, (VI), born in Hecktown, Pa., August 31. 
1838. Not married. Enlisted in Co. E, 54 Pa. Infantry. 
Died September 20, 1901. Buried at Stone Church, Up- 
per Mt. Bethel Township, Northampton County, Pa. 

David Ochs, (VI), born in Hecktown, Pa., not married. 
Not having enlisted, although he was a teamster in the 
Federal Army. Died in Arizona Territory in June, 1881. 



LEVI A. BRADER FAMILY. 

Isadora Elizabeth Ochs, (VI), born at Hecktown, Pa., 
November 8, 1843; died April 11, 1901, and buried at 
Freemansburg, Pa. She was married September 15, 1859, 
to Levi Adam Brader, born at Altonah, Pa., (near Bethle- 
hem), July 3, 1839. Their children are Flora Elemina, 
(VII), Susanna Jane, Levina, Ida Getty, Cyrus Wilson, 
Harry Gibson, William Adam, Carrie Savilla, Annie 
Elizabeth, Charlotte Elsie, Blanche Mabel, Hattie Isa- 
dora, James Blaine, George Henry, and Charles Weston. 

Flora Elemina Brader, (VII), born at Freemansburg, 
Pa., October 21, i860; was married December 25, 1882, 
to Jerome D. M.oser, born i.n East Catasauqua, Lehigh 
County, Pa., August 19, 1858, 

Susanna Jane Brader, (VII), born at Freemansburg, 
Pa., March 13, 1863; she was married January i, 1883, 



150 THE BOEHM FAMILY 

to Elmer Ellsworth Moser, bom at Bethlehem, Pa., April 
27, 1863. Their children are Harvey Adam Moser, 
(VIII), born at Bethlehem, Pa., September 19, 1883; 
died January 21, 1888, is buried at Bethlehem, Pa.; Paul 
Aaron Moser, born at Bethlehem, Pa., July 27, 18S6. 

Lcvina Brader, (VII), born at Freemansburg, Pa., No- 
vember 20, 1864; died October 30, 1874; is buried at 
Freemansburg, Pa. 

Ida Getty Brader, (VII), born in Freemansburg, Pa., 
December 10, 1866; was married June 21, 1883, to Jonas 
Groff, born in Bucks County, Pa., December 9, 1862. 
Children:— William Ellsworth, (VIII), born March 6, 
1884; Charlotte Elsie, born June 30, 1886; Warren Wil- 
bert, born January 19, 1891 ; Florence Gertrude, born 
July 9, 1895, and Merrit Clinton, born January 9, 1898. 
The above children were all born at Bethlehem, Pa. 

Cyrus Wilson Brader, (VII), born January 13, 1869; 
died September 16, 1870. Born and buried at Freemans- 
burg, Pa, 

Harry Gibson Brader, (VII), born March 7, 1871 ; died 
May 19, 1872, Born and buried at Freemansburg, Pa. 

William Adam Brader, (VII), born at Freemansburg, 
Pa., March 5, 1873. Not married. 

Carrie Savilla Brader, (VII), born at Freemansburg, 
Pa., November 14, 1875; was married October 28^ 1895, 
to Quintus Joseph Bickert, born in Bethlehem Township, 
May 14, 1873. They have one son, Elmer Jerome Bick- 
ert, (VIII), born at Bethlehem, Pa., May 25, 1898. 

Annie Elizabeth Brader, (VII), born at Freemansburg, 
Pa., April 16, 1878; was married June 12, 1897, to Frank- 
lin Ginter Seiple, who was born in South Bethlehem, Pa., 
October 4, 1874. Their two sons are Vv^alter Charles, 
(VIII), born March 2, 1900, and Harold Wilbur, born 
November 8, 1901. Both were born at Bethlehem, Pa. 



DESCENDENTS 151 

Blanche Mabel Brader, (VII), (one of twin children), 
born at Bethlehem, Pa., October 2, iSSo; not married. 

Charlotte Elsie Brader, (VII), (one of twin children), 
born October 2, iSSo; died June 13, 1881, and buried at 
Frcemansburg, Pa. 

Hattie Isadora Brader, (VII), born at Bethlehem, Pa., 
July 14, 1S83; died September 6, 1883. Buried at Free- 
mansburg. Pa. 

James Blaine Brader, (VII), born at Bethlehem, Pa., 
died in infancy. 

George Henry Brader, (VII), born at Bethlehem, Pa.. 
April 19, 1886. 

Charles Weston Brader, (VII), born at Bethlehem, 
Pa., June 4, 1889. 



Philip Wilson Ochs, (VI), born at Hellertown, Pa., 
June 18, 1847; married in the year 1870 to Isadora Eliza- 
beth Warg, born at Frcemansburg, Pa., June 24, 1848; 
they had no children. Philip Wilson died December 6, 
1 901, at Bethlehem, Pa., and was buried at Freemans- 
burir, Pa. 



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Allen Freeman Ochs, (VI), born August 19, 1850, and 
died April 5, 1852. Pie was born and buried at Heck- 
town, Pa. 



Levina Ochs, (VI), born at Plecktown, Pa. Died in 
infancy. 



Cyrus George Ochs, (V), born at Hecktown, Pa., Jan- 
uary 27, 1855. Not married. He died January 31, 
1900, at Bethlehem, and was buried at Frcemansburg, Pa. 



152 THE BOEHM FAMILY 

AARON BUCHECKER FAMILY. 

Susanna Ochs, (V), born in Lower Saucon Township, 
Northampton County, Pa., August 15, 1819; was married 
in the year 1838 to Aaron Buchecker, who was born in 
Upper Saucon Township, October i, 1809, and died 
March 21, 1873. Buried at Bath, Pa. They had three 
oaughters, viz: — Amanda EHzabeth, (VI), Eliza Jane and 
Mary Rebecca. 



Amanda EHzabeth Buckecker, (VI), born ir- Bath, Pa.. 
August 21, 1840; wis married December 25, 1867, to 
Jacob Ludwig Spengler, born in East Allen Township, 
Northampton County, Pa., December 5, 1843. They 
have one son, William Buchecker Spengler, (VII), born 
in Bath, Pa., May 23, 1868. Not married. 



FRANKLIN L. FATZINGER FAMILY. 

Eliza Jane Buchecker, (VI), born in Bath, Pa., January 
18, 1842, was married December 11, 1859, to Franklin 
L. Fatzinger, born in Allentown, Lehigh County, Pa., 
November 4, 1840. Their children are Ellen Jane, (VII), 
Charles Augustus, Mary Alice, Edward Franklin, Ara- 
vesta Susanna, Lizzie Hannah, William Henry, Christi- 
ana Margaret, Franklin Uriah and Hattie Irene. 

Ellen Jane Fatzinger, (VII), born in Bath, Pa., Octo- 
ber 30, i860; was married September 24, 1885, to 
Emanuel Abraham Siegfried, who was born in Moore 
Township, Northampton County, Pa., September 24, 
1854. Their children are Roy Franklin, (VIII), born in 
Bath, Pa., November 20, 1887; Maud Alverta, born in 
Bath, Pa., November 15, 1891. 

Charles Augustus Fatzinger, (VII), was born in Bath, 
Pa., February 9, 1863, was married March 18, 1882, to 




MRS. SUSANNA BUCHECKER 

Horn August l.s, iSiq. 
'I'lie oldest Boehiii desceiiileiit living at the present time. 



DESCENDENTS 153 

Laura Aravesta Wliitesell, who was born in Nazareth, 
Pa., January 28, 1866. Their children are Allen Frank- 
lin. (VIII), Lulu Florence. Raymond Raub and Margue- 
rite Eugene. 

Allen Franklin Fatzinger, (VIII), was born in Bath, 
Pa., July 27, 1882; was married NoA'ember 3, 1900, to 
Ida MeHcas Banner, born in Beersville, Northampton 
County, Pa., December 30, 1882. They had one child, 
Sterling Van Celan, (IX), born in Bethlehem, Pa., Feb- 
ruary 18, 1901 ; died the same year and is buried at Beth- 
lehem, Pa. 

Lulu Florence Fatzinger, (VIII), born in Bath, Pa., 
July 5, 1885; was married September 8, 1901, to George 
Henry Lawall, born in East Allen Township, November 
12, 1876. 

Raymond Raub Fatzinger, (VIII), born in Bath, Pa.. 
January 6, 1891. 

Marguerite Eugene Fatzinger, (VIII), born in Bethle- 
hem, Pa., October 29, 1899. 

Mary Alice Fatzinger, (VII), born in Bath, Pa., Sep- 
tember 7, 1864; was married September 6, 1891, to Frank- 
lin Lewis Eckert, born in Pen Argyl, Pa., July 15, 1862. 
Died April 21, 1902, at Pen Argyl, Pa. Buried at Bath, 
Pa. No children. 

Edward Franklin Fatzinger, (VII), born in Bath, Pa., 
March 24, 1866; was married March 25, 1886, to Lizzie 
Margaret Danner, born in Bath, Pa., October 6, 1868. 
Children: — Russell Henry, (VIII), born in Bath, Pa., 
March 28,1889; Samuel Franklin, born in Bath, Pa., 
June 17, 1890; Emma Aravesta, born in Bath, Pa., Octo- 
ber 26, 1891 ; Wilbert Buchecker. born in Allentown, Pa., 
February 2^, 1897, Marguerite Hattie, born in Allen- 
town, Pa., January 25, 1900. 

Aravesta Susanna Fatzinger, (VII), born in Bath, Pa., 
March 2. 1868; was married May 24, 1885, to Wilson 
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AUG. !l 1902 



154 THE BOEHM FAMILY 

Robert Savitz, born in Lower Nazareth Township, North- 
ampton County, Pa., December 25, 1868, and died March 
26, 1886. Buried at Bath, Pa. They had one son, Rob- 
ert Wilson. (VIII), born in Bath, Pa., March 23, 1886; 
died June 25, 1886. Buried at Bath, Pa. 

Lizzie Hannah Fatzinger, (VII), born in Bath, Pa., Oc- 
tober 16, 1869; was married March 30, 1892, to James 
Oliver Beisel, born in East Texas, Lehigh County, Pa., 
May 8, 1868. Children :— Harry Franklin, (VIII), born 
November 27, 1892; Edith Precilla, born July 27, 1894; 
Ruth May, born July 30, 1896; Esther Marie, born July 
26, 1899. All the above children were born in Bethle- 
hem, Pa. 

William Henry Fatzinger, (VII), born in Bath, Pa., 
August 10, 1871; was married April 9, 1892, to Sabina 
Schlegel, who was born in East Allen Township, North- 
ampton County, Pa., January 6, 1873. Children: — Mary 
Eliza, (VIII), born November 19, 1892; Walter James 
born September 5, 1895; died February 7, 1896. Both 
were born in Bath, Pa. 

Christiana Margaret Fatzinger, (VII), born in Bath, 
Pa., July 18, 1895. Not married. 

Franklin Uriah Buchecker Fatzinger, (VII), born in 
Bath, Pa., July 7, 1877. Not married. 

Hattie Irene Fatzinger, (VII), born in Bath, Pa., July 
2, 1879; was married December 23, 1899, to Oscar 
Fehnel, born in Moore Township, Northampton County. 
Pa., January 24, 1876. One daughter, Hilda Christiannaj 
(VIII), born at Chapman's Quarries, Pa., April 16, 1901. 



Mary Rebecca Buchecker, (VI), born in Bath, Pa.. 
June 27, 1845. Not married. Died May 29, 1893. 
Buried at Bath, Pa. 



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